Funny Women
Musings on women in comedy – why do some people still think women aren’t funny? Sorry it sounds a bit like a bad A level essay
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The Fear of Blogging, and Best Mate’s Guest Blog
How I started my blog and the importance of friendship. Encouragement and support makes all the difference when you put yourself out there in the world of blogging.
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‘I am a little bit in love with Norman Reedus’: A middle-aged woman’s mid-life crisis.
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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Top Tips for Running a Successful Holiday Let
Based on ten years’ experience of running holiday lets, here are some words of advice on how to keep your guest happy and guarantee future bookings.
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‘I’ll never set foot in a church, not even for my daughter’s wedding.’ My Grandmother Anne: Atheist and Communist.
A tribute to my grandmother: a confirmed atheist, she was fascinated with Cold War Russia and Communism. Discovering the letters she exchanged with my grandmother from 1937 and beyond has been a delight. #DarlingAnne
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‘Your voice sounded like you were drowning’: The day my baby died
Unexplained stillbirths still happen and are devastating. The effects on the father are just as awful as on the mother, but they often don’t get offered the same support
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‘One Dead Eye’: My Giant Tear Detached Retinas and Me
It was a Wednesday afternoon, I was six. I had just got back from school when Christopher Stone (his real name) shot me in the eye with an arrow.
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