Day 6   Of all the things in the news at the moment, the one that makes me angriest are the photographs of Tory MPs grinning at the opening … [Read more...]

Day 5   Unlike writing, presenting a book show on community radio means occasionally leaving the house. Learning the ropes means meeting people I … [Read more...]

Advent Day 4   For reasons too complicated to explain, my husband’s current contribution to family life is the restoration of a vast Lego Millennium … [Read more...]

Day 3   And so, it seems, despite only just having lit the Advent candle, we’ve already left it too late to buy the tree. The Buying of the Tree has … [Read more...]

Advent Day 2   Here is a story for the first Sunday of Advent that could not have happened on a Sunday, because it happened at a time when the shops … [Read more...]