*Long read So here it is.  The last day of my thirties.  Tomorrow, I will be 40 years old. 40 doesn't sound like something that...

It’s always hard to pick the right gift idea for someone. More often than ever, many people are just asking the other what they would lik...

Although I have been blogging for around five years, under difference guises and about different subjects, my blog The Curved Opinion turn...

It’s my mum’s birthday in just over a week.  My mum has never been for a night out in the city and has never had a cocktail (not count...

Eighteen years ago today, whilst I was in the middle of my GCSE English exam, my sister was in labour with my niece Georgia.  Quite where t...

I've just realised that I have missed my blog's 200th post, so I have to wish it a belated happy birthday.   I'm not the s...