Things I’ve learned during April The train makes for a very smooth transition for the big Boys from their dad’s. I’ve written before about the trials of transitionitis at Readyforten. So when the ash clouds stranded the Boys at Euro Disney, poor lambs, and they had to come back by train I thought I was […]
Gordon Brown: the rest of the tape revealed
We all know what happened when Gordon Brown got into his car after his chat with 66-year-old Gillian Duffy in Rochdale yesterday. But did you know that the Prime Minister kept the mic on all evening? Here’s what you would have heard if the tape had kept running: Some grunting and very thumpy rhytmical noises. […]
Five go to Northumbria (via Cumbria)
Things I learned from our Easter holidays Posh folk use Jo Malone candles instead of Febreze. In the wonderful Alnwick Castle you can tell the calibre of its inhabitants by the scented candles dotted around. Jo Malone no less – at £38 a pop -in the state rooms where tourists wander. Perhaps not so fragrant, […]