Pandora's Box

When I was in year six of primary school (that's the fourth year in old money), I was in a play called You Can't Stop Progress ....

I can remember the day Child One was born as if it were yesterday. Well, to be absolutely correct, it was a night actually. And there she ...

Having just placed an online shopping order for the first time in many years this evening, has reminded me of a hilarious incident that on...

I have no idea why I am scared of heights, but I am. The very thought of being in a high-rise building seems an unnatural state of being to...

In 1975 I was the same age as my son is now. During that year, a film was released which would probably affect me, more than any othe...

I am not a good drinker. So, I don't drink. Okay , I may have lied a bit, as I don't mind the odd glass or two of something . U...

Have you ever fainted? If you have, you'll know just how horrible it is. One minute you're fine, and then the next, you star...

There's a little ditty They're singing in the city............. I have noticed of late, a rather alarming stream of repetitive...

In 1977, I became a teenager. I was a pretty shy and retiring one at that. I was painfully self-conscious about all the changes that we...

Let's face it, it's a given isn't it, that we live, and probably always will do, in a society, and sadly a world, that is, an...

I do love a circus. Over the years, both before and after having children, I have always made an effort to see as wide a variety of t...

I miss my cat Jones. He was the most majestic and glorious of creatures, that came to live with us for seventeen years, until he becam...

For my brother Tim, the big know all. My very talented writer friend Christopher Karallis. For Jemma Evans an all round lovely perso...

Do you believe in love? I do. I believe in love and romance, and the notion that there is someone for everyone in this crazy world t...