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When we went to Gozo…

July 11, 2016 By Ellen

Less than a week since we came home and already the photos are making me sigh fondly. We went to Gozo on our hols this year, stayed in an Airbnb place and had a ball. Here’s what we learned. If you have to go swimming then have your own pool. Our digs had its own […]

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When is a child not a child?

July 5, 2016 By Ellen

When he’s a teenager. We’re still here enjoying the Maltese sunshine for the last couple of days before that bitter-sweet return home. The comfort of familiarity tempered by the shadows of the boring old grown up stuff that starts looming again. We’ve visited several of the fabulous attractions here – no complaints at all. Not […]

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Why the grass appears greener as you get older

June 18, 2016 By Ellen

  There was a time when I believed that older people drove more slowly because some essential fire had gone out and, defeated, they’d given up on the seek of thrill. Now I understand it’s just that their eyesight is such that at 70mph they have less time with the road signs in focus than […]

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On death, stupidity and what really counts

June 17, 2016 By Ellen

I hadn’t heard of Jo Cox until yesterday, but I’m still shocked and saddened by her death. I wish I’d known her and I wish she’d lived. I’m heartsick at the waste and for her family. It had been on my mind to write something about the referendum. About my incredulity at the fact that […]

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Winter is coming: The chilling effect of Game of Thrones

May 17, 2016 By Ellen

You know something serious has happened when, despite the deadline clock ticking, you find yourself on a website that discusses the relative hotness of the male characters of a TV series. Furthermore, you catch yourself vehemently disagreeing with the opinions therein. Even if he wasn’t a psychopath, Joffrey Lannister wouldn’t muster tepid, let alone hot. […]

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