At the start of this year I decided, in a moment of absolute madness, to take on two ghostwriting projects simultaneously, meaning I'm currently writing a Scottish historical romance and ...
This Saturday was the date of our long-awaited annual trip to the pumpkin patch. I mean, I say "annual": we've done it twice now, and the first time was... yeah. This year, ...
Given the fiery, all-consuming hatred I have for talking on the phone, it will come as no surprise to anyone to learn that I hate video video calls, too. The weird ...
Back in February 2020, TV presenter Caroline Flack tragically took her own life, and, almost instantly, the internet was awash with empathy. Within hours, the #BEKIND hashtag was trending on…
So, as of July 19th, social distancing will no longer be required in some parts of the U.K, and a lot of people are really, really happy about that, which, ...
This weekend, we went to a restaurant. Under normal circumstances, this wouldn't be something I'd consider worth mentioning, really: it was just an ordinary chain restaurant - the kind of place ...
I feel like I should say something - ideally something thoughtful and profound - to mark this, the one year anniversary of the day we pulled Max out of nursery, ...
Ladies and Gentlemen, we interrupt the relentless doom and gloom that these Lockdown Diaries of mine have become, with a little bit of good news: er, for me, I mean….
“I’m too bored to even sleep,” said 3-year-old Max as I put him to bed earlier this week – and, honestly, I think that pretty much sums up most of ...
Just in case things weren't bad enough right now, let the record show that I have a birthday coming up next month, and I'm feeling pretty bitter about the fact ...
"It could be worse." Never have four words been more rage-inducing to me than those four words are right now, in the midst of an ongoing pandemic, which we're not really ...
Well, I think it’s probably fair to say that most of us have reached the final stage of our lockdown journeys at this point – mentally, at least – and,…
Given the narrative that's developed on my blog - and, indeed, in my life - it seems almost redundant at this point to tell you that, on the very coldest ...
As much as I hate New Year's Eve (And, well, pretty much everything that comes after it, until spring starts...), I normally look forward to the first week of January, ...
A lot of things about Christmas 2020 were exactly the same as any other Christmas we've celebrated: or since Max came along, at least. Everyone ate way too much, but ...
This week the UK government was forced to clarify the rules regarding how its citizens will be permitted to “enjoy” the festive season in this time of coronavirus, and I…
Well, here were are, folks: it's the edition of The Lockdown Diaries I've been waiting nine entire months to write - the one where a vaccine is finally approved, and ...
So, it's November. It's freezing. It's raining. It's starting to get dark by around 3:30pm, Max is showing all the signs of being ready to drop his afternoon nap for ...
