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Squashed – a foody post

I read ecstatic reviews about squash and just think, meh. Although I do like marrow and courgette. Anyways, nextdoors gave us an impressive piece of the tedious veg so I had to decide what to do with it. Partner rapidly came up with a part solution. ‘Give half to our Indian neighbour.’ Good one mate. […]Read Post ›

Peace-building on Commonwealth Day

I grew up vaguely aware of The Commonwealth, probably because Uncle Harry had emigrated to Australia, and as a kid, I received books from them as Christmas presents. Books about a strange place with odd marsupials. Later, I learned it was a hangover from the days when the sun never set. And later still, I […]Read Post ›

International Women’s Day

Just. LOL. I have left this one alone for a few years. But, given that women’s rights are receding, yes, receding, why not write about it? Gender pay gap One hundred and seventy years. Yes, for all those doubters out there, despite women gaining education on a par with men or exceeding them, they still […]Read Post ›

Bittersweet

National Day – 10 September – came and went. No we didn’t dress up and parade/limp up and down Main Street. In fact I don’t think I went out at all. I’ve pulled my knee again which doesn’t lead to successful walking on dodgy pins amongst the hordes. Especially if they’ve been drinking. There isn’t […]Read Post ›

Women in the news?

I love it when men say they aren’t sexist. What part of his (tiny man-sized) brain does Owen Smith use when he thinks his statements about women are not sexist? Well, natch as he’s a man, he knows a lot about sexism. Apparently at a hustings yesterday he was criticised for previous sexist comments. These […]Read Post ›

Ten most common mistakes in novels

Let’s make this short and sweet. These are the top ten that come to mind from the books I’ve read over the last few months. Factual accuracy The best one I read this week was by an American author who set her book in London. She had her main character investing five million dollars in […]Read Post ›

Stoned, smashed and easily bruised

Terrible pain in guts. Ouch. Not being very bright off the mark, I put it down to stress. I put everything down to stress. It’s usually a good diagnosis. A rather delicate rose-coloured shade of urine. No. Not stress. Engage brain. Bad pain in the little tubey bit from kidney out through, plus pink bits […]Read Post ›

Surreal enough for Dalí?

Where to start? Surreal conversation number one ‘Hello, police.’ ‘Hello, officer, there is a car illegally blocking us in. It’s parked on a yellow line in a tow away zone. We can’t get out.’ ‘Give me the number, I’ll try and contact them and ask them to move it.’ Wouldn’t want to be in a […]Read Post ›

Selling off the family bronze

I am so not one for reunions. So when an old schoolfriend emailed me to ask if I was going to one last year, she received a polite ‘no’. I’ve not heard from her since. But, most oddly I have heard from another one who attended. She actually stopped speaking to me in sixth form […]Read Post ›

Some answers …

In historical order: La Sala I finally received a reply from the La Sala restaurant at the Sunborn floating hotel based at Ocean Village in Gibraltar regarding my review of a meal there at their request. Readers may remember that I’d asked if they could cater for vegetarians/vegans: I’ve looked at your menu and I […]Read Post ›

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