August 3, 2016
Last night I was watching a recent episode of “Comic Relief Does Bake Off” with my daughter. One of the contestants was a woman who seemed completely bereft of any confidence in her baking ability. A constant stream of self deprecation came tumbling from her mouth and, unsurprisingly, she narrowly lost the contest. For many […]
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August 3, 2016
This week, after a number of random conversations about how difficult it is to lose weight I had written a post about how easy it is to lose weight. Then I heard that Sally Brampton had died. Sally Brampton was an editor, columnist, author and, most notably for me, writer of a book called “Shoot […]
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July 31, 2016
I was a fat kid at school and nobody thinks much about bullying fat kids. If there is a benefit to being bullied it is that early on we learn a lot about real friendship, and that people who appear to be your friends may not be there anymore when there is nothing tangible left […]
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July 23, 2016
“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way”. This quote from the celebrated American writer E.L.Doctorow conveys a universal truth about life, that we have no idea what is coming next but that it needn’t deplete […]
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July 16, 2016
On a lengthy drive with my son he asks how his sister is coping in preparing for her German speaking exam. I take this as a significant show of affection as it is only a single step away from asking her himself which, for siblings only two years apart, is a rarity. Via my response […]
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