There’s no getting away from it, 2016 has been a monumentally depressing year. As well as Brexit, Trump and the loss of so many great talents, it’s been generally bad for everyone I know. Like most, I can’t wait to see the back of 2016 but I think it’s still important to find positives where …
For this month’s Deeper Sleeper challenge, Sealy asked me to try offline activities rather than using my phone before bed to see if its absence improved my sleep. They sent me a colouring book for adults, a pack of colouring pencils and a £20 book voucher. It was going to be a tough challenge for …
We took Amelie to be weighed today. Big news, I know. Thanks to the sad demise of our local Sure Start Centre, we have to take her to the library which is otherwise closed on Wednesdays. Admittedly, it’s a good way of stopping the Tories closing down that too, but it’s a strange experience going into …
Something has been troubling me of late. It’s a problem that has only come into play since Dylan started at school, so I know where to point the finger for what follows. When he first went, he could barely scribble his own name but he can now read and write very capably and takes great …
I was tagged in a meme on Facebook recently by one of my good mates from university and, as I’ve hardly read any books since those days – which were more years ago than I care to remember now – thought I ought to write a post about it. Especially as my degree was in English Literature. I feel I …