Archive for November 2018

November is often the time of year when we express surprise at the speed with which time passes. As festive preparations begin in earnest, comments of “I can’t believe it’s nearly Christmas again” and “Where’s the year gone?” become a staple part of day-to-day conversation. Today, for a different reason, I’m reflecting on the past…

Before this year’s Baby Loss Awareness Week, I called on you, the people of the internet world, to help me choose a charity to support through the sales of my book. In a Twitter poll, the overwhelming majority of you voted for Baby Lifeline. And so it was that the cause was selected as my…

There is really only one thing I can write about this week. This weekend marks the centenary of the day the guns fell silent to mark the end of World War One. Across the country, events are being held, quite rightly, to commemorate this momentous event – along with all the men and women who…

It’s arrived. Wintry weather. It’s time to wrap up warm in hats, scarves and gloves, knowing you’ll still feel a chill on your nose. And it’s time to start leaving the house 10 minutes earlier in the morning if you have to drive, ready to scrape the frost off the car windscreen. And it’s a…