I’m a big fan of social media. Talk to me on Twitter, find me on Facebook, or picture me on Pinterest: I’m all over it like an Instagrammed rash. My husband is grudgingly tolerant of what he calls my constant ‘over exposure’. He recognises it as part of who I am, and – more astutely […]
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Closing Children's Centres – why it matters
Oxfordshire County Council is proposing cuts to children’s services which will see a reduction in the county’s Children’s Centres from 44 to 7. If you’re not a parent, you might be blissfully unaware of what this means: if you are, perhaps you have never needed the services offered by these threatened centres. Children’s Centres across the […]
West Side Story at the New Theatre Oxford
From the moment the orchestra struck up at the New Theatre, Oxford, I knew it was going to be spectacular. I love musical theatre: I love the way you can feel the vibrations in your throat from the music, and from the pounding of feet on stage. It’s an electric experience which always leaves me […]
BBC Women in Radio awareness days
I have written previously about my hatred for television, and although I have not always been so vociferous in my dislike, I have always preferred radio, even in my teens and twenties. I like the way radio elevates words above all else, and allows you to form a picture in your own head much the way […]
Knock knock
For someone who loves people, I am surprisingly anti-social. Given the choice between staying in or going out, I’ll take the roaring fire and a good book over a crowded wine bar any day. I have never yet been on my own for so long it becomes lonely, and I can’t imagine when that time […]
Why I've changed my mind about writing courses
I’ve always been a bit dubious about writing courses. Not because I don’t think you can learn to write – on the contrary, writing’s a craft, like any other – but because I have a deep-rooted fear of wasting time and money. I don’t want to spend time on ice-breakers, coffee breaks and introductions, when […]