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I had a call last week from a Mrs Jo Beale, mum to Grace, four, and Emma, ten, who has special needs
I had a call last week from a Mrs Jo Beale, mum to Grace, four, and Emma, ten, who has special needs
Forget tripping the light fantastic - staying in on a Sunday night to watch telly with a boiled egg and soldiers on a tray is where it’s at
I would have given anything for a pair of orange floral flares and a purple crocheted waistcoat on Tuesday night when Chorleywood Bookshop asked me to do a live interview with fashion guru, high street saviour and Watford girl made good Mary Portas.
I say privilege, because when the dead person was old and had a good life, such occasions are actually a time to celebrate their achievements and qualities.
My 86-year old father has just spent several days in hospital, initially in Watford General, before being transferred to the Lister Hospital in Stevenage
I was hosting friends from Lyons, reputed to be the culinary capital of France, and I found all my latent passive-aggression, not to say sheer bloody minded competitiveness, came to the fore, as I did my utmost not to be outdone by the kings of cuisine
During half-term week we entertained a family of five from Chorleywood’s twin town of Dardilly just outside Lyons, and it has been a wonderful way to get to visit places we didn’t know ourselves
IT isn’t often I get to use the words sex, literature, landscaped gardens and pigeons in the same sentence...
It is half term holiday, which must mean a trip to the Harry Potter studios at Leavesden, pictured, which now include a recreation of Platform 9 ¾ and the original Hogwarts Express steam engine
One of my favourite sayings is the Spanish one about your children being so sweet when they’re little, you feel you could eat them – and when they’re teenagers, you wish you had.
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