Music and memories
I’m late to pretty much every party. One party I was particularly late to was watching Derry Girls. I was aware of it, but somehow…
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Grandad’s story: World War II
A few months ago, my mum gave me some writing from my uncle, all about my Grandad – partly my uncle’s own memories and partly…
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Grandad’s story
A few months ago, my mum gave me some writing from my uncle, all about my Grandad – partly his own memories and partly family…
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My university days
I saw a post on Instagram recently by my friend Helen aka Actually Mummy about university and it struck a huge chord. University days are the…
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Spice Up Your Life (Spice World tour)
I was lucky enough to go and see Spice Girls on their Spice World tour in Coventry this week. I loved the Spice Girls back…
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Times change
I’ve been looking back on the early days of my blog and two things have struck me. First, that my writing wasn’t as cringey as…
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Running for Sport Relief 2016
My family and Sport Relief go back a long way. The boys and I ran our first Sport Relief mile in 2008, before it was…
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Happy birthday, 9 year old girl
Nine years ago today, at 10.55am on your due date, you came into this world. A solid lump of baby. Nine years ago. How could…
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The Gallery: Black and White
Whenever I see people’s photos in black and white, I think how stunning they are. How simple, yet thought provoking. Somehow, when things are in…
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The Levellers: A Curious Life
Regular readers will know I LOVE the Levellers. And I’ve been to see them AGAIN. Yes, I did only see them in November and in May…
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2014 – the year that was
2014 was a big year for our family, with a lot of changes. There were plenty of smaller highs along the way too. So this…
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Hammersmith: A walk down memory lane
I graduated during the recession of the 1990s. There were no jobs for people with a 2:1 in Mickey Mouse studies Broadcast Journalism. So I worked in…
