by Rebecca | May 18, 2018 | Re: Writing
Royal Wedding fever is gripping some of the nation this week – and I’ll admit it has captured my notice, for a couple reasons. This blog is not going to be how I feel about the Royal Family – I have scandalised my mother enough with the evolution of my views...
by Rebecca | May 4, 2018 | Re: Writing
It was my 40th birthday this week – traditionally the milestone marking the end of your youth and the start of middle age, approached with the fear and trepidation that it’s all downhill from here. Then there’s also the cheerful denial: I remember seeing “Life Begins...
by Rebecca | Apr 20, 2018 | Re: Writing
A wicked rumour began to circulate last month, claiming that Dragons’ Den – best known for its multi-millionaire investors, nervous entrepreneurs, and Peter Jones’s socks – was to be cancelled. Fortunately, this story has been refuted by long-standing Dragon Deborah...
by Rebecca | Mar 16, 2018 | Re: Writing
“OK, let’s go round the room, just stand up and say a bit about yourself .” Networking, training, meetings, it doesn’t matter what the occasion: heart sinking, and then beating faster and faster as my turn rapidly approaches; planning what I’m gong to say, and...
by Rebecca | Mar 8, 2018 | Re: Writing
I had mostly Sindys in my 80s childhood, but I did have one Barbie. I didn’t play with her much, really. She was blonde (I’m dark), tall (nope) and had a tropical tan (I’m not quite Ed Sheeran, but it takes a while to coax my skin to a beige tint). My younger sister...
by Rebecca | Mar 2, 2018 | Re: Writing
I didn’t think it would happen to us – our local school is famous for never closing during bad weather – but as the head teacher put it, these conditions are of a different order, and the whole family are at home for a Snowday. Last night I gleefully made a mental...
