This is a bit of a belated update, and I must admit I only really remembered to post it because it’s the same dismal weather here again today, but on Sunday we went to Capital Radio’s Summertime Ball. I used to listen to Capital as a teenager – I even won a T-shirt in a …
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been driving back on the school run when I’ve suddenly thought, ‘what on earth am I going to cook tonight?’ How ridiculous is that? After all, there are always the same number of meals a day. How is it that I always tend to forget supper? Of …
The furore over sexy clothes for small girls is the sort of thing that I would normally raise my eyebrows about for a second, and then move away from. After all, no one is putting a gun to parents’ heads and telling them they have to buy padded bras for their seven year olds. If they don’t …
So we’ve been a bit mystified about security at the new house. It seems like a lovely area, the neighbours we’ve met so far have been really nice, and there are no locks on the garden gate. In London, that’s pretty unusual. Well actually, it’s unheard of. It’s like taping a note on the gate …
This month here at Divorce Towers we’ve been very busy, testing some lovely new stuff, all on your behalf, of course: 1. Galaxy Bites. Yummy little caramel spheres, lovingly coated in Galaxy choc. What’s not to like? A big thumbs-up from my residence caramel addict, Child Two. 2. Speedo Sea Squad ponchos, arm bands and …
Sponsored There are some words which instantly grab my attention in an email subject line. Chocolate is one – though I never deigned to reply to the PR who used the word chocolate to get me to open the mail, then didn’t mention it again once in a 300-word puff for something that didn’t fit …
I’m afraid I am utterly gripped by the Chris Huhne affair. Having missed it completely – I must have been on Mars – I got a crash course a couple of days ago when I picked up a copy of the Daily Telegraph. What a switchback ride the whole thing is. First we have the classic wriggly …
I had the most brilliant idea when walking around the park this morning. Well, I thought it was brilliant, see what you think. There were lots of dogs with their owners, on a perfect early summer’s day, with blue skies and a slight breeze. It was just a lovely day to take a dog for …
There are not many people I would sport excess facial hair for *shudder*, but obviously I had to make an exception for Tara’s Gallery , especially as world moustache expert Laura from Are We Nearly There Yet Mummy? is acting as scrutineer. Here goes then: I think you’ll agree I’m giving Jack Sparrow a run …
It was a perfectly normal school run. We were late, we’d had various arguments over breakfast about Child Two’s sudden short-sock famine and the fact that, as there is no kitchen, we can’t have cereal and are still eating off paper plates. Sometimes these arguments seem like a familiar dance, where we all know our …