My husband, Dougie, is a quiet man, reserved, not one for small talk. Put him in the audience for a stand-up comedian, however, and suddenly he comes to life. You know those idiots who...
A big sloppy kiss for….
….Deer Baby and Very Bored in Catalunya. These two ladies and blogging buddies were instrumental in getting me off my behind to actually submit an article to a newspaper and, bugger me, it was published this...
Honeymoon Horror
This is a cutting from the front page of the Daily Mirror, June 25, 1990. Ignore Steffi Graf running on a beach (if you can) and digest, if you would, the dramatic headline on the...
Mum’s Going to Madrid
The first thing I did when we returned from our camping trip in France was to book another holiday. Don’t get me wrong, we’d had a great time and the Dordogne was fabulous but...
The Gallery – A Smile – Carnival fun in Nice
How’s that for some big, slightly scary, smiles. My son Rory, aged just 13 at the time, took all of these photos when we visited Nice in February 2009 to see the annual carnival, a...
With apologies to Rod Stewart
Maggie May is an iconic song, loved and cherished by all of a certain generation. On Friday I probably scuppered that for a lot of people when I rearranged it as a song for...
I’ve had so many men before…
…in very many ways. This is a line I have to sing in a charity concert in October. I’m trying desperately hard not to snort or, as they say in the business, ‘corpse’ after I...
The Gallery – A Celebration – Family Reunion
Do you see a family resemblance? That’s me on the left and my second cousin, Toni, on the right. We used to go to the same school, Toni was born at the same time...