An Interview With Sir Topham Hatt

We meet at the Reform Club, Sir Topham-flanked by Aryan-looking security guards in impeccable Air Force blue uniforms-enters with a flourish, raising his top hat and tossing his cane into the arms of a waiting flunky at the door. “I do hope you haven’t been waiting long,” he says with a wry smile as he…

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Is Driving An Essential Requirement for the Middle Class Parent?

Being a parent very often feels like being on trial.  One of those televised American trials where the defendant appears, hair unwashed, wearing a drab ill-fitting suit, to find the eyes of the media are upon them, probably having given them some hideous nickname, like “Foxy Knoxy” or something a lot less flattering.  I sometimes…

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Single Mum Cooks: Mediterranean vegetables with Greek salad

From lazy Sunday afternoons in The Real Greek to lazy entire weeks in the real Greece, I am a fan of Greek food.   A few months back I found a Greek cookbook casually lying around the house, and, realising that this was the same cookbook my parents brought me back from a holiday in…

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Goodbye to the Fairytale

I know, I’m sorry.  It’s all been said before and we can all yawn over the collective tabloid word-vomit of celebrity relationship-fatigue that is yapping on about Brad n’ Ange, Posh n’ Becks, Jen n’ whoever it is she finally married, but I couldn’t resist getting my two pence in, two weeks or whatever after…

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Welcome to the World of Mothers

“Welcome to the World of Mothers,” said no one, ever. But yet I was a newcomer in the World of Mothers, and the other Mothers knew it.  With tales of breastfeeding woes and terrible births, of reassuring smiles and messages in the dead of night to tell me I was doing OK, the World of…

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Single Mum Speaks: Award Winning Blogger

“First I’d like to thank my mother, for inspiring my many complaints about her, and for having the good grace to recognise that I am usually joking. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends, for believing in me, and for giving me the likes on Facebook that give my life meaning and validation. Thirdly,…

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Single Mum Cooks: Sprout stir-fry

Let’s face it, once September rolls around, there’s only one thing on everyone’s mind. Well, one thing in addition to Strictly and whichever blow-the-budget Sunday night costume drama is currently doing the televisual rounds.  And that thing is Christmas. The leaves are going a bit brown.  Sort of, ish.  Maybe, almost?  Dig out those opaques,…

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Bridget Jones’ Baby

I have yet to see the new film, but I like to imagine that Bridget Jones’ baby is rollin’ something like this. At least they will be if they are anything like my, um, toddler. 10th September 2016 Weight: About a stone, apparently (Mummy says scales not entirely accurate as keep saying she is half…

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“There’s no such thing as bad weather. Only bad clothing.”

One of my friends is married to a man who loves the outdoors.  I’m not sure if he was the first to come up with this statement, but it was via him (and her) that I first heard it. Personally, my own love of the outdoors was a slow burner. My parents are not what…

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