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The poet, new friends and fifty strangers: a Christmas story.
Sunday. How I love Sunday. We wake just before ten to catch Radio 4’s finest, and with breakfast in bed relax to the familiar theme tunes that herald our favourite listening. All this before rising to buy flowers on Columbia … Continue reading
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Diaries: soulmates, dates and derring-do.
“I need the dates of all the countries I have visited since 2005,” said The Exocet from Australia. “Could you please try and remember when and where we went on holidays and trips away?” Of course my darling; I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Bethnal Green, boyfriend, children, Dating, diaries, diary, Family, life, memento, memories, Romance
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PianoForte: lessons learned and practice making perfect
Some moons ago a dinner discussion with Beautiful Boyfriend touched upon the matter of artistic aptitude and my former piano-playing prowess was mentioned. I had triumphantly achieved Grade 6 in practice and theory, foolishly giving up when my teacher refused … Continue reading
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Moving out, moving in: one street and a grand new chapter
“October,” he said. “I’ll need the house back for my daughter.” My landlord sounded vaguely apologetic but businesslike on the phone. I had been his tenant for nearly seven years, moving in a hurry to escape with my daughters from … Continue reading
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Tagged boyfriend, Daughers, evolution, growing-up, happiness, life, motherhood, moving house, parenthood, travel
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The fine art of fashion retail or “we do that one in red”
Frock shopping is not a loved pastime: browsing is anathema. If I need something new to wear, I work out what it is and where to find it. The “where” is important because I am a fan of the independent … Continue reading
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Face to a Name: the dementia care revolution unmasked
One rainy January afternoon, I made my way West to meet up with a business colleague for a long overdue exchange of news. Over coffee in the congenial surroundings of Soho House, Jake Arnold Forster described his work with organisations … Continue reading
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Tagged Age UK, alzheimers, Alzheimers Society, CareScape, COBIC, dementia, Face to a Name, Forte Medical, healthcare, healthcare campaign, hospital, Many Happy Returns, memory, My Life Software, patient, photographs, revolution, St Frances Hospice Berkhamsted, The Times, This is Me, Whose Shoes, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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A tale of clever women and country cottages.
The charms of a weekend in the country have largely eluded me over thirty years as a Londoner, mainly because I feel safe in these smokey streets. So when invitations to go there began to arrive, I thought long and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldeburgh, Art, boyfriend, Camerons, Clever women, Cotswolds, country, countryside, education, Girlfriends, intellectual, Kate Moss, Oxfordshire, Ruby Wax, sassy, sculpture, Suffolk, wellies
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The last week in April: 100 midwives and a 50th birthday
My Birthday Cakes by Giorgia Maria Last month I fell in love. I fell in love with Midwives and with Edinburgh. The combination contrived a fitting warm-up act to my birthday celebrations. To be specific, that birthday celebration. Edinburgh is … Continue reading
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Tagged 3Thirty, 50th birthday, April, birth, Bollinger, cakes, Catching Babies, celebration, Comedy, dancing, David Eyre, drugs, female health, Forte Medical, Fringe, Giorgia McAllister, Graham Farnworth, Heart in the Womb, hygiene, Luis Forte, MaMa, Mothers to be, oestrogen, Paella, patisserie, Peezy msu, Roxburghe, Scotch, silversmith
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