Superstition prevented me from mentioning this sooner, but I’ve got a new job. I started today at the Policy Studies Institute as Website and Publications Manager. Or is it Publications and Website Manager? Any which way, you get the picture. I manage some publications and some websites… Many thanks to Céline (not Cèline) for her [...]

Thirty years of commitment I’ve just returned from celebrating my parents’ thirtieth wedding anniversary. We had a lovely meal in the family home and drank champagne. My father cooked the meal that my mother bought, and we discussed home decorating, problems at work and finance in a true family style. The catch? They’ve been divorced [...]

Leg waxing Last weekend I waxed my legs for the first time. And it hurt. A lot. Why do women do this to themselves? I guess my question is on two levels. First, what’s the big deal about body hair? And second, why the pain of waxing when you could shave? The body hair thing [...]

Travelling doesn’t necessarily change your life On Sunday, I saw my father for the first time in ten months. He’s been travelling around the world in the style of a gap year student, and has returned to some decisions about his future. It was odd (and good) seeing him, as I’ve probably been more in [...]