Dulwich Divorcee

How come, when a man speaks, we hear one thing, and when a woman speaks, we hear quite another? Take Oscar Pistorius and Hilary Mantel. Nothing much in common, you’d think, except that both of them have made the news for things they did, or didn’t say. When the strange news broke about the tragedy [...]

‘Well, you definitely won’t like these oranges,’ said TL the other night, screwing his face up into as close to an ‘euwwwww’ expression as a man could get. He likes sour things, to the extent that he will happily eat a lemon, and he loves the bitter skin of kiwi fruit. But this was obviously [...]

I last wrote about Chris Huhne, the disgraced ex-Lib Dem politician and Cabinet minister, nearly a year ago. At the time, I said I felt besmirched by being dragged through the story (though obviously I could have put the newspaper down and dusted something instead. Of course, I didn’t. I’m human and it’s always a [...]

OK, so a while ago, I told you of my sudden passion for all things woolly or, as one of my lovely commentators said, how crochet had got me hooked. Well, a couple of weeks later, I am the proud creator of a crochet blanket. All right, all right, I know that all of you [...]

The news that Russian police are questioning a star dancer from the Bolshoi about the acid attack on the ballet company’s director reminds me of a bizarre time I had on the Daily Express years ago. It was the first time that a certain Russian ballet company – not the Bolshoi – had ever performed [...]

Possibly it’s an age thing, possibly it’s a blimmin cold weather thing, but I’ve had a lot of tsssk moments lately. You know, those times when something happens and you just want to shake your head and say, ‘tsk.’ Take Radio 4′s Woman’s Hour this morning. There was a piece on heavy periods. And who [...]

There’s something absolutely pitiful about the case of the girls groomed in Oxford by a group of men. The men seem to have targeted their victims with a chilling deliberation, sniffing around for girls who were already skipping school and beginning to slide off the rails, where no one would notice if things went even [...]

I’m mot sure about all this fuss surrounding hamburgers containing horsemeat. OK, so the Tesco Everyday Value burger containing 29 per cent horse is a little hard to swallow, in every sense. But the other burgers tested only contained traces of horse DNA. I know, I know. If you buy beef, you should actually get [...]

I’ve got that wonderful, warm, woolly feeling. I think I may have fallen in love. With crochet. Yes, crochet. Knitting’s less glamorous sister. I know, it’s a bit unexpected, but isn’t that love all over? Anyway, this is how we met …. I noticed that our new sofa cover, bought from Ikuva to sling over [...]

I’m sorry to do another sponsored post so soon after the last but I think you’ll forgive me when you hear all about this. I had the most glorious get-over-Christmas day at Westfield, having a make-over and becoming a billboard model (yes! Really! Me! Ok, ok, don’t overdo the disbelief …) for lovely Special K. [...]