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The World's Biggest Underachiever

The other week, I dutifully attended my daughter’s ‘six-form evening’. My daughter has just finished sitting her GCSEs (exams for...

Hello and welcome to my book launch party! I’ll be honest with you, it’s a virtual party and I’ve provided absolutely no alcohol or...

I was in two minds about writing this post. It wasn’t a terribly palatable thing to write about (not for a would-be writer). The trouble...

I have a feeling, over the last 18 months of blogging, that I may have given the impression of being a bit of a whinger. If you need some...

The other day, I had occasion to find myself in a completely empty Catholic church (I have my reasons). And as I knelt there, trying to...

What is wrong with me? It’s okay, that’s a rhetorical question so you don’t have to provide answers in your comments below. Although you...

Do you remember those heady days when you could do whatever you damn well pleased? Eat what you want whenever you want, drink whatever...

"I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you...

A couple of weeks ago, whist gorging on a huge chocolate Easter-bunny entirely to myself, I was quietly eavesdropping on my husband and...

The other day, I was out prom dress shopping with my eldest daughter (yep, somewhere along the line, England turned into America and now...