Now here’s another cast-iron guarantee ‘pick me up’ if you’re the sort of person who doesn’t easily feel good cheer at this time of year. One of the things that I love about living Up North – being crowbarred between Manchester, Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford and Leeds – is that I get access to such incredible […]
Raising The Spirits
A lot of people find this to be a difficult time of year. In the past, I never found it to be so. I always preferred Advent to the maelstrom of the big days themselves. ‘Cause I like my anticipation, me I do. But after losing certain very special people from my life at this […]
Skimmed? Or Devoured.
As a life-long bookworm, it came a bit of a shock to me when I noticed that my 6 year old daughter would do anything not to read. Indeed, we soon noticed that the kid was hiding her school reading books down the back of the settee (which in my household is a remarkably risky […]
Listen Up. BBC at Best.
Me n’ mine have been asked to feature in the BBC’s ‘Listening Project’ on a few occasions. Thanks largely, to the matters that involve my family’s background, experiences, international work, kids and views on consumerism – and of course, our proclivities for nude rambling across the Trans-Pennine Trail … ok, ok – I’m joshing about […]
It’s All In His Head
The other day, I happened to be feeling rather grateful to the wonderful Bill Bryson. Well, I’ve always felt quite grateful to him actually. As the incredibly talented, witty, top-notch, best-selling author actually WROTE to me when I lived in Africa. In fact – the rather lovely fella has actually sent me TWO letters. It’s […]
You’re So Vane
The other day I embarked on a blog, prior to opening my birthday presents of 2016. Well. Yours truly was delighted with the fact that even more ‘needed’ and ‘odd’ gifts came her way. So here goes … I’ll openly admit to anyone that I’ve never been reet-impressed with status symbols, brands, the latest in […]
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