Life & Leisure
This is the collection of all the other stories I wanted to share, covering family, love and loss and many things in-between!
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Rosalind’s 80th Birthday Celebrations
To celebrate my Mum’s 80th – I wrote a little play about her life – which my nieces and nephews performed whilst on our summer family holiday together. We had a lot of fun doing this! Best of all was working with my niece Kate, who loves drama, she helped…
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Why I started a Facebook group for English speaking theatre in The Netherlands
I grew up wanting to be an actress. I loved films and theatre. My parents had the vinyl LP’s for West Side Story, and My Fair Lady and I would play them both over and over. I knew every word to every song. I did lots of acting as a…
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Sorry, I’m English
My most repeated phrase of the last 18 months since living in the Netherlands, often felt like an apology rather than a statement to indicate my Dutch language skills were not quite up to the mark. Despite my best intentions, learning a language during a pandemic is not easy. Various…
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The BBC and other things I miss about British culture
BBC Radio 2, new music, the West End and other things I miss from British popular culture…
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A Year of Gratitude
1 year in, I reflect back on how things have been since I arrived in the Netherlands from the UK
