I was making lunch yesterday in a desultory sort of way while listening with one ear to Radio 4’s Food Programme. I’m not a great fan of cookery shows in general as I find the more I watch, the less I cook – no matter how delightfully last-minute and unstuffy the chef is, there is …
Poor Child 2. This week is the start of a new term at school – her very last. If it weren’t for the looming A2s, I bet she would be excited. Life is about to open up and reveal all its splendours. But first, she has to clamber over yet another hurdle and finish off …
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It’s a terrible thing to say, and I’m not a violent person, but it’s such a relief that Helen has finally stabbed Rob. Apologies if that’s ruined your enjoyment of the Archers Omnibus on Sunday, but come on, surely everyone knows what happened in the Blossom Cottage kitchen by now. Rob, who is now hovering …
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I was having lunch in a nice cafe today with both my daughters – a rare pleasure these days since Child 1 is at uni and Child 2 is *supposed* to be too busy with revision to leave her desk for an instant – when a man on the next door table leant over and …
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I have a confession to make. In the last year I have fallen in and out of love. And this time, it was completely deliberate. You see, I decided that I would become an Archers fan. The Archers, for those enjoying a peaceful existence on Mars, is a soap opera which has been running on …
Child Two and I were in Covent Garden yesterday and found ourselves passing the new Charlotte Tilbury shop, all done out in her signature smouldering wine and gold colours. Charlotte Tilbury is the British make-up artist responsible for Keira Knightley’s smokey eyes (98 per cent of her acting talent, some would say) as well as …
Ugh, it’s that time again. Blimmin blimmin blimmin summer holiday planning. I feel as though I’ve only just got over last year’s jaunt and yet we are already way behind everyone we know on sorting out joyful summer romps for the whole family. As if. What on earth do you do with an age range …