In lieu of therapy
Terrible hobbies, loud and wrong opinions, advice best ignored and writing that sometimes surprises me.
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I stumbled across a discussion online accusing Zohran Mamdani of lying for calling someone ‘Aunt’ who wasn’t related to him by blood or marriage. I found this rather...
Parents in my childhood didn’t concern themselves with entertaining their children. Boredom was not their concern. You were left to your own devices, and we soon found...
I was listening to a fascinating discussion about luck on the Curious Cases podcast where one of my favourite people, Sir David Spiegelhalter, mentioned that in...
I love books, the look of them, the smell of them, and sometimes even the contents. Over the years, I’ve hoarded a vast collection. I’ll admit, I haven’t read as many as...
I had to sit through a primary school production of Grease this week, a few out-of-tune songs, some stumbled lines, a dash of overacting, a sprinkle of comic relief and...
As a millennial, I am lucky to have straddled both the pre and post digital age. I remember when the most exciting technology available was a box TV which was mostly...
Often, we make problems bigger than they really are. Back when I was in university, I had a car I bought for £350, old Kia Pride. It was my pride and joy. Rickety, noisy...
One of the surprising challenges of crocheting is finding things to crochet. I’d already made hats, scarves, the odd cosy, even a top — but I was suffering from...
I enjoy pottering about in the garden, mowing lawns, weeding, building a deck or two, a plant bed here, a vegetable patch there. I’m actually decent at it now, though it...