At some point over the last couple of years, my health anxiety almost completely vanished. I wouldn't say it was "cured" exactly; I'm not sure these things are ever really "cured", ...
For reasons too boring and self-inflicted to go into right now, this week has been one of the busiest of my life so far. By Sunday afternoon, I had just ...
When the news broke that Channel 5 had decided to cancel TV show Neighbours - most likely bringing an end to the show altogether - my mum immediately messaged me ...
Last week, Max had his 48 month assessment from the health visitor, and I decided to try Lush’s Caca Rouge henna for the first time. I mean… you can probably…
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 ...
… to get sick, get sick again, get sick a third time, get sick some more times, rinse and repeat. Yes, folks, it's time for your regularly scheduled, "Everyone Is Sick, ...
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, ...
The weird intrusiveness of them. The need to be looking presentable for them at all times. The panic you feel when you’re scrolling through your phone on the toilet (Oh,…
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 Twitter ...
Inspired by recent reports on climate change - and, OK, by Leonardo Dicaprio's Instagram account - I've been making an effort to be a bit more eco-friendly lately. I say ...
I'm currently writing this post on my laptop, from a sunny seat in the garden, and I'm not going to lie, but this is pretty much how I always imagined ...
Just because you CAN stand too close to that random stranger in the checkout line, it doesn’t mean you SHOULD…
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 ...
For the duration of our latest lockdown, I've been telling anyone who'll listen that one of the things I've missed most is being able to leave our local area and ...
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, ...
Back at the height of the #metoo movement, when millions of women around the world were tweeting their accounts of sexual harassment and abuse, I scrolled with horror through the…
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 ...