A friend of mine admitted to me recently he is not attending social events anymore if some loud-mouthed fuckwit - with whom he has...

I caught up with an old friend recently and when the conversation turned to the inevitable topic of menopause and weight gain, I was...

I went through a "thing" last month. A health-scare that came out of the blue and made me look at the world through a different lens....

The writer, Anna Spargo-Ryan, spelt it out clearly in her article for The Guardian last week. Women are tired. And while there’s nothing...

I imagine there are many “boomers” and middle-aged parents like me out there who were forced to ask their kids the meaning of the term...

Compared to many people, I was fortunate to emerge from 2020 relatively unscathed. Admittedly, certain elements of our brief lockdown in...

Three days ago, I was putting the finishing touches to a post about Christmas party dresses, of all things. To my shame, I was bemoaning...

One thing I won’t be giving up for my minimalist lifestyle is my love of books. Unsurprisingly, in the months I’ve been labouring through...