I once bought some nail varnish just because of its name. Schadenfreude. How could it fail? It didn’t matter what it looked like, it was nail paint with attitude. The jar is long dried-up and thrown away and I can’t even remember the shade was apart from it being vaguely purple. Yet, I remember the name. When […]
Team Honk goes the length of the country – plus one mile!
Mikaeel Kular’s murder: Let’s not do trial by Twitter
Tragic little Mikaeel Kular. It’s an awful tale of a beautiful little boy, a desperate search and, finally, the saddest of endings. Along with the rest of the world, I watched the story unfold adding my hope to the groundswell of wishes to see him again. Safe. Painfully, it was not to be. Now his mother Rosdeep has […]
Johnnie Boden and I – a love-hate relationship
It all started so well. More than a decade ago (ok nearly 15 years), back in the days I still thought attending mums and toddlers groups were a reasonable use of my time, I overheard a conversation.Some of the yummiest mummies were talking about this fab new place to buy clothes. Oh? Where’s that? Boden […]
Fridge post part 2: How to deliver a fridge
When the whole new fridge idea began, it all seemed so simple. A few calls, I go to work, Panther takes delivery of new fridge, food gets chilled, everyone happy. However, like delivering a baby, the reality is much, much less straightforward than a first imagining. And messier. And more painful. In the event, last […]