As I write, the people of Scotland are going to the polls to decide whether or not their country should remain part of the United Kingdom, and there is a huge spider on its freshly spun web sitting on the other side of the door into the garden. What’s the … Continue reading
My daughters both started new, bigger schools last week. The change was anticipated throughout the summer holidays in a state of what came to be christened ‘nervecitement’, as they both clung to the familiarity of what they already knew yet were simultaneously itching to explore the new pathways opening for … Continue reading
And so it begins. After two leavers’ assemblies full of encouraging talks, signed shirts and sobbing, my daughters left their schools on Tuesday, ready for six weeks of freedom before starting new schools in September. It started, as it often does, with grand ideas about how the time would be … Continue reading
It’s easy to get what you want using the internet, right? You just decide what you would like and then pop over to amazon, eBay or similar, order the goods, et voila, they appear on your doorstep a couple of days later. But I’m not talking here about an album … Continue reading
