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Curtain up on getting your theatre tickets…

March 1, 2020 By Ellen

I love a night at the theatre – the whole experience, from overture to curtain call via over-priced ice cream.   I go as often as I can to see as many different shows as I can – last week I was, in equal measure, baffled and beguiled by Scottish Opera’s production of Nixon in […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: children, concert, David Essex, family, Glasgow, humour, out, prices, show, Theatre, tickets

Vacuum-packed chicken feet, a big screen and a stage

February 24, 2020 By Ellen

It was a shock, I’ll admit. I know we’ve seen people in surgical masks all over the news and all over the world, but that’s still there and not here. Very much not here. Nothing that interesting ever happens in our corner of the world. I used to hate that. The fact that the semi-rural northish […]

Filed Under: review, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, colour, coronavirus, Covid 19, David Copperfield, Dickens, in my life, in the world, infection, mask, Nixon in China, Opera, Stirling

The advantages of underfloor heating

February 16, 2020 By Ellen

  Under-floor heating is something that has grown in popularity significantly in the last ten years. With the modern age moving towards clean spaces, many of us are preferring the neatness of under-floor heating tucked away as opposed to unsightly, bulky radiators. Choose your favorite herringbone flooring to match your aesthetic at home. Although you […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: energy efficiency, flooring, Review

Aw, man. When it doesn’t seem there’s a bright side to look on…

February 12, 2020 By Ellen

One tries one’s very best to look on the bright side and unearth the silver lining, however deeply it is buried and however malodourous the thing that is burying it. Lately, however, I encountered a couple of moments for which the opportunity was not immediately obvious. You know? The kind of thing that rocks you […]

Filed Under: boys, review, things I learned from my children today, Uncategorized Tagged With: boys, con, creative writing, Herald, in my life, in the world, media, My Life, Newspaper, Penrith, print, School, Something happened in my life, writing, Young Writer

On time: a post that gets dark quite quickly

January 26, 2020 By Ellen

I feel such a sense of loss when I think of the great, unwritten poems that took a backseat to polished floors – Brigid Schulte There’s an essay doing the rounds, it’s called A Woman’s Greatest Enemy? A Lack Of Time For Herself and it’s by Brigid Schulte. It took me days to find the […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: creative writing, feminism, humour, in my life, in the world, Maya Angelou, My Life, time, untold stories, women, writing

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