Twenty winks. It’s never big or clever to cut back on sleep. Published in The Guardian
The last time the world cried as one, at the last American elections, I remember George Bush saying he wasn’t getting much sleep. This despite the…
Child’s play for adults. Published in The Guardian.
It’s debatable when I actually became an adult. According to various criteria it probably wasn’t until I left home at the rather late age of 22…
Amo, amas, I love a lass, published in The Guardian.
At last, it seems as if the cavalry is coming. For years, the subjunctive has been in hiding in the barren hills of What Once Was:…
It takes practice to be this imperfect. The Independent
I grew up with two mantras ringing in my ears. “Could do better”, which was on all my school reports, and “don’ta tella everyonea your biziness”,…
When breast is worst. Published in The Guardian
For 17 years I had been the owner of a fine pair of breasts that were, in Starbucks talk, grande. So when I became pregnant and…
The return of the siren. The New Statesman
Sometimes, fashion can be like a loving mother – blind to the faults of its offspring and periodically pushing them to the forefront of the trend…
Let us eat cake. Published in The Independent.
Some people go their whole existence without discovering the meaning of life. Me, I found the answer one freezing February morning, while taking a stroll around…
A large scale disaster. Published in The Guardian
Fish are not photogenic; they will never be made into cuddly toys; they don’t try to be our friends like dolphins do. In a line-up, most…
In defence of the tie. Published in The Guardian
Last week a civil servant who works for Birmingham social services accused his bosses of sexual discrimination for asking him to wear a tie to work;…
Champagne and Pimms prove a bigger pull than a forgotten river. Published in The Independent.
What makes a good fisherman? Over the years I’ve often asked this question of myself and recent events have made me ponder it further. I don’t…
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