Getting old, married with youngish children, rediscovering my mojo
I’ve not done this before and I must first apologise profusely to anyone reading this who is not in the US. For some reason this offer is only available to Americans so I’m really sorry you can’t enter this is you are anywhere else! However, I am running a competition on my Facebook page to […]
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Amazon asked my book to join the Amazon Prime Reading programme (yay!) and my thoughts on some skin products and a great lipstick.
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Well, what a year its been already. The first and most exciting thing I need to share is that the utterly marvellous Kate Kenzie (You can find her blog here) has written not one but TWO blog posts about me and my book ‘The Woman and the Witch’. Still available here (apologies for the shameless […]
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Living with a depressed partner is tough. Here is what I have learned on how to cope when things are at their darkest.
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So… My Book is Out! Please buy it – shameless plugging alert.
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My inappropriate crush on Norman Reedus/Daryl Dixon and my love for The Walking Dead. Does this crush make me a bad feminist?
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My theory on why the illusion of control becomes more important the older you get
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‘I am so sick and tired of the casual, dismissive, and contemptuous way older women are treated in the media and so much popular literature.’
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I used to laugh at jokes about middle-aged women getting their rage on. Now I am one, and it’s all Sports Direct’s fault.
Read More… I’ve not done this before and I must first apologise profusely to anyone reading this who is not in the US. For some reason this offer is only available to Americans so I’m really sorry you can’t enter this is you are anywhere else! However, I am running a competition on my Facebook page to […]
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The daffodils are out, the sun it out, and SO IS MY NEW BOOK!
Read More… Amazon asked my book to join the Amazon Prime Reading programme (yay!) and my thoughts on some skin products and a great lipstick.
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Lockdown Poetry Lesson number 5 One of the most beautiful poems in English Literature. Here 17th century metaphysical poet John Donne explores a crisis of faith with honesty, energy and tremendous passion.
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Lockdown Poetry Lesson number 4: Sonnets
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Lockdown Poetry Lesson Number 3 Sylvia Plath’s poem ‘Cut’
Read More… I’ve not done this before and I must first apologise profusely to anyone reading this who is not in the US. For some reason this offer is only available to Americans so I’m really sorry you can’t enter this is you are anywhere else! However, I am running a competition on my Facebook page to […]
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It’s never too late to follow your dream, trust me, I never thought I’d finish my novel – let alone publish it.
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Oh dear, it’s the tail end of the summer holidays and I am now staring down the barrel of the gun that is the start of term. In many ways I am really looking forward to it – the main one being I don’t think I can stay in the same house as my beloved […]
Read More… Amazon asked my book to join the Amazon Prime Reading programme (yay!) and my thoughts on some skin products and a great lipstick.
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It actually works! How I re-lushed my lashes.
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A week of good news and disasters – and how to make your gnarly old trotters beautiful for the summer
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Why you should exercise even if you’re over fifty and hate exercising.
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Children, dogs, ducks, and noodles.
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This is why I can’t have chocolate in the house.
Read More… Oh dear, it’s the tail end of the summer holidays and I am now staring down the barrel of the gun that is the start of term. In many ways I am really looking forward to it – the main one being I don’t think I can stay in the same house as my beloved […]
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Why you should watch: Grace and Frankie. Old age, friendship and vibrators for the elderly. Who could ask for more?
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The day I met Norman Reedus, Daryl Dixon from ‘The Walking Dead’ and long time crush of mine. Also, I learn how to apply gruesome horror make up.
Read More… I’ve not done this before and I must first apologise profusely to anyone reading this who is not in the US. For some reason this offer is only available to Americans so I’m really sorry you can’t enter this is you are anywhere else! However, I am running a competition on my Facebook page to […]
Read More… Well, what a year its been already. The first and most exciting thing I need to share is that the utterly marvellous Kate Kenzie (You can find her blog here) has written not one but TWO blog posts about me and my book ‘The Woman and the Witch’. Still available here (apologies for the shameless […]
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A follow-up to my lesson on George Herbert. This time written by my amazing teacher: Mr B
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