My grandfather Eric (middle) atop Mont Blanc in 1937 The improbable prospect of Simon Cowell being a father has come to pass. And he and girflfriend Lauren Silverman have welcomed a bouncing boy… called Eric.The name was chosen after Cowell’s late father. Aaah.Though there have been some mutters – it’s not a name for a […]
It doesn’t matter if the dad’s there for the birth
282/365 Shadows and difficult questions
“We are so tall. Look mummy,” said Boy Three, who then insisted on me taking a picture. I’d have taken a picture of just about anything at that point because he’d been asking difficult questions. “Is there a baby in your tummy?”“No.”“Why not?”“There just isn’t. And there isn’t going to be. You’re my baby.”“When I was […]
105/365 Happy Birthday Boy Two
You might think it’s a random clutter of cake furniture, but you’d be wrong. It’s a carefully arranged tableau created for Boy Two by his little brother. Having his cake and eating it. Eleven years ago I was in a ward at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, and I couldn’t sleep. I was probably quivering […]