Morrisons car park. It’s a little bit sweltering today. I’m jogging back to my car and there’s an older woman, unpacking her shopping at the car next to mine. I’m a bit worried that she’ll be the interfering, overly-judgy sort, so I decide to make a point about the fact that I’m not irresponsible and […]
A Menagerie of Terriers and Working-Class Folk
Happy Yorkshire Day! Perhaps only in Yorkshire, can one of the county’s most famous symbols – the Yorkshire Terrier – still be proudly kept on display, alongside the Egyptian mummies. In body, though not in spirit. This little chap was a true hero of the people of Keighley in West Yorkshire. Many Keighley – working-class […]
Don’t Call Us
Just called my mum. It took her about 8 rings to answer and when she does, she says; “Can I ring you back in a minute? Your dad’s just choking.” And people wonder why I have had to develop a dark sense of humour, in order to cope with life.
Tams n Tights
I’ve despised every second of hunting for a prom dress for my daughter. I mean, this is for a girl who owns no dresses and who refuses to wear them. But now … it’s all about proms for the Year 11s isn’t it? Can’t say I blame them, though. It’s been an utterly vile year […]
Fix-it Lesson for Bob
I had to sit my son alongside me as I worked, for a good part of the year. This was so he wouldn’t be distracted from his online school lessons with gaming, YouTube and whatnot. To be honest, it all seemed like a complete waste of time, all those months … dead airtime, where he’d […]
Summer Spoilsports
It’s 8am and my 16-year-old daughter is having a conversation with her friend, as they prepare to set off for school together. We’ve just been discussing birthdays – with my daughter trying to outfox her friend by saying that she was a ‘Spring Baby’ when she’d been born in September (it’s true – she was […]
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