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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The Digital Dating Survival Guide
Dating has undergone a wholesale change in recent years. This is thanks to the arrival of the smartphone, social media, and the dating websites and apps. The internet dating site was once seen as the uncool territory of the over 40’s. Whereas it has now been kicked into touch by the…
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Take your broken heart, make it into art
Meryl Streep’s closing line at the Golden Globes was given to her by her friend, Princess Leia, aka the late Carrie Fisher. It resonated with me, as many times I have wanted to take all the emotion that is in my person and to create something with it. As for…
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Right, before I die
Last year whilst on a trip to Bruges looking at all the usual historic sites, I kept seeing a little poster advert. It was entitled, ‘Right, before I die’ and suggested it was a photographic exhibition. The picture on the poster of an elderly lady along with the juxtaposition of…
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In Demand – the importance of post-divorce dating
There is a song I like from Texas, called ‘In Demand’ – the video featuring Sharleen Spiteri and the late Alan Rickman, being chauffeur driven in a convertible through the night. He plays the role of the demonstrative lover, holding and cosseting a playful Sharleen. The lyrics tell a slightly…
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My Edinburgh Festival Fringe Experience
A Tuesday morning and Carmen my 20 year old daughter and I set off for Gatwick at 5am to catch an early flight to Edinburgh. Everything was effortless on landing – I grabbed a street map off a stall at the airport, we jumped straight onto a tram which took…
