We’ve just spent a fantastic weekend in London. We went specifically to see the Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition at the British Museum which was a treat for finishing my dissertation (have I...
Three years of study, nine months of research and writing, 85 pages and 16,952 words. My Master’s degree dissertation is finished and it’s ready to be delivered to the Open University’s Regional Office on...
Well, that’s it. Both my daughters are back at school now and the summer is almost over. The air has got that autumny smell about it, and I’ve noticed when I’ve been out with...
Good manners have always been very important to me. If I’m ever asked to complete one of those Sunday magazine supplement questionnaires, the “trait you most deplore in others” will be bad manners. From...
Well, I’ve been writing this blog for about six weeks now* and hasn’t the time flown! We’re almost half-way through August, we’ve had a heatwave and rain and over a thousand people have been...
The thing that I have enjoyed most about the recent hot weather is the way that it encourages you to be outside. Not necessarily in the heat of the day, when the dog and...
