How’s your inner child? I was watching a video by Mark Rober on YouTube the other day. In case you don’t know, Mark is an engineer who used to work for NASA, but firstly in his spare time and now…

Oh I wish I could, but… There was a lovely line in Friends where Phoebe is invited to do something and she says ‘Oh, I wish I could, but – I don’t want to.’ I remember laughing heartily at this…

I had no choice. People in movies say this all the time; it’s the basis of most plots. The protagonist has to go to Columbia, or kill someone, or rob a bank, because if they don’t Something Dreadful will happen.…

I’m rubbish at that. If I get it wrong, I’ll look stupid. People will laugh. When I was seven years old I made a gooseberry flan. When I’d finished my mother commented on how I’d managed to cook the gooseberries…

During the Covid-19 lockdown I heard some heartfelt stories from single parents talking about how alone they felt and how hard it is to be strong for their children. That’s an extra layer of anxiety that those of us in…

This Sunday is Mothers’ Day. Usually on that day my Facebook feed is full of posts talking about how wonderful individual mothers, and mothers in general, are. Lots of soft-focus photos with touching words about how a mother is a…

Remember when you were at school and you did something a bit stupid or irresponsible and when your mother asked you why you did it, you said ‘Everyone else was doing it?’ And if your mother was anything like mine…

5 Tips to keeping your New Year Resolutions Have you made your resolutions this year? If you have, do you think you’re going to keep them? My Facebook feed is full of posts about people reviewing last year (usually how…