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Snappy snaps

Although I have friends who think I am virtually a geek, as I have a blog and know one end of a laptop from the other, I’ll let you into a secret. Most technology bores me to tears. I see it all as a means to an end, to write a story or show a …

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Moving on

  Nobody ever forgets a cancer diagnosis. I remember that, as the doctor was telling me the bad news, the nurse got out a beautiful fountain pen and started writing across the top of my new file in a lovely flowing hand. When the doctor asked me if I had any questions, I nearly asked …

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Skinny Minnies

Saw the Giacometti exhibition at the Tate Modern last week. What an amazing space the Tate is, particularly if, like lucky me, you are invited to the swanky opening night and you get to walk through the Turbine Hall after hours. It truly seems like the biggest building in London when it’s empty, and there …

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Colour Me Deadly

My daughters tell me I laugh much, much too much at my own jokes. Well, my excuse is that if I don’t, who’s going to? But this time I do think I’ve created something worth a mild snicker at least. You’ve probably been chuckling yourself over David Cameron’s shepherd’s hut tricked out in Farrow & …

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Maltesers

I hope you don’t feel too neglected. We’ve been off in Malta for a week. TL was giving a speech, and I was along for the ride, but ended up doing tons of work by accident. In the last couple of days, we hurtled around doing the sightseeing thing and rather loved the place. Malta’s …

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Facebook friends

All around the country teenagers are weighing up their uni choices. The dreaded UCAS machine has processed reams of information and is now spitting out potential places, which your children and mine will be trooping off to in September and October – if they get the right grades. It can be hard to make a …

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Revelations

I think it’s about time I updated you on our theft. As you know, an evil person took a lot of jewellery from us. Since I’m a writer of whodunnits, I feel I should probably string this out, introduce lots of suspects and throw a red herring or two into the pot, but as many …

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Love to London

I had lots of ideas for posts this week but there’s only one thing on my mind now – my lovely London.                                  Politicians are going to urge us to stay strong and carry on – and we have no …

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Emma Hamilton – Seduction and Celebrity

There’s something hugely beguiling about the Greenwich Maritime Museum’s exhibition on Emma Hamilton, Seduction and Celebrity – appropriately enough, as Emma herself seemed to inveigle her way into hearts and minds with ease. In a way, hers is the Cinderella story we all yearn for – a penniless servant, seduced by her master’s son, falls …

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