I have spent a lot of time over the last two months slowly bubbling up with indignation and fury at the woeful lack of continuity in my mother’s hospital care and trying to work out how we fix our NHS. She has been in three different NHS hospitals over that […]
I have decided that my mother is the bravest person I have ever met and not because she jumps of buildings or swims with sharks or picks up spiders, but because in a small, quiet way and under extremely difficult circumstances she just carries on, expecting tomorrow to the not […]
This is a very random blog post and the bit about smashing iPads is at the bottom, if that’s the only bit you’re interested in. The rest is on sticky back plastic and toothbrushes, so I would just scroll down if I were you. YAY I have been doing a […]
I am attempting the new advice from the CEO of Public Health England for two alcohol free days (well nights really) a week being in the relevant age category of 45-65. Mainly because I have spent the summer enjoying my rosé tinted glasses and need a bit of a detox. […]
The last days of summer are here. I don’t want it to be over yet as it feels as if I’m only just getting in the swing of it now and I’m not ready for autumn. That uber hot bit earlier in the summer didn’t work very well for me […]
A sure sign that things are not great is when I start listening to classical music in the car. There is most definitely a level of melancholy in my world if the theme from Schindler’s List is more relevant than the theme from Grease (just the music, not the stories […]
I give up. Honestly. I’ve decided that my parenting hasn’t made much of a difference at all to the way my children have turned out and despite the nature vs nurture debate, I suspect they have been more influenced by their DNA and their individual personality types. Does parenting matter? […]
World Elephant Day is on Sunday 12th August and is essentially a day designed to not only raise awareness about the plight of elephants, but to celebrate them for the magnificent and vitally important animals they are. My favourite animal on the planet:- I discussed the current situation with Dr […]
“A Monster Calls” produced by Patrick Ness and taken from the novel by Siobhan Dowd is theatre at its best. In my view it will come to be seen as a classic and it’s suitable for adults and children over 10. Mixing psychological realism and mythic fable it creates an […]
I have been a bit quiet of late – building up to and then convalescing from an operation. But it’s all over now and I’m going to write about that in a separate post. In the meantime, I have been very remiss about writing a Happy 18th Birthday post for […]
I am still recovering from having one of my tonsil’s out two weeks ago. Having your tonsils out at any age is not great, but at my age it’s really not good, despite being able to eat a lot of ice-cream and I have subsequently heard that an adult tonsillectomy […]
It’s the final tomorrow evening so of course this is only my prediction, but it’s almost a given surely? I have been an avid watcher of Love Island with my daughter since I’ve been convalescing from my operation for the last two weeks and it’s totally consumed my life for […]
What a week it’s been of highs and lows. So sorry to see England leave the World Cup, but what a great job they did and I love how it put a spring in our collective step. Not so after the game with Croatia obviously – my daughter was at […]
