romance

Dear Teenage Girl…

February 13, 2018 By Ellen

Dear Teenage Girl, I don’t know your name or even what you look like. I don’t know if you’re tall or short, or fair or dark. I might have passed you in the road even just this morning without knowing who you were. And you might wonder what the connection is. What have you got […]

Romance as a new parent: Or don’t bring me flowers, the kids would only knock them over.

February 12, 2015 By Ellen

I wrote this a couple of Valentine’s ago, but it still applies, or some bits of it do. The shops are full of pink stuff, restaurants are already booked solid and florists are raising their prices by the minute. It’s nearly Valentine’s Day and the pressure is on to make a romantic gesture that […]

Things I’ve learned from Silent Witness: Trauma Tales at Stirling Castle

May 26, 2014 By Ellen

“Let’s do some date nights,” the Panther of News and I have agreed. Something to add a little extra – if not romance – that certainly a bit of time away from the boring old work-home-telly-repeat routine. So when I got an email telling me of a Historic Scotland event called Silent Witness: Trauma Tales […]