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:…
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…
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;…
BBC Radio 4. Woman’s Hour. The state of the magazine industry.
I was in a really bad mood when I did this. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2002_35_mon_03.shtml
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…
Don’t make me laugh. Published in The Guardian
The 56th Edinburgh fringe festival is under way, ripe with thousands of comedy acts. At this very thought I tense. Comedy acts, along with anybody saying…
Socks appeal. Published by The Guardian.
What the weather will be like when you read this, I do not know. But if it’s hot, as they say it will be, then you…
Social kissing needs guidelines. Published in The Guardian.
If, this week, the Queen can tear herself away from looking at the latest picture taken to celebrate her golden jubilee – in which the photographer,…
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