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 ...
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…
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 Twitter ...
[This post includes affiliate links] 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…
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 ...
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 ...
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…
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 ...