‘The Whicker Legend’
No ingenious comments, no deep analysis. Simply have to say RIP Alan Whicker, who died today. Legendary journalist and all round gentleman. Always chic, wearing a suit and tie; ever ready with a witty...
View Article‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas’
Actually, I don’t think it is at all. Each year it all seems to me less and less Christmassy in the UK but maybe that is because of my personal circumstances; maybe it is a byproduct of getting older...
View Article‘Memory, is the diary that we all carry about with us’…
All very well Mr Wilde, but memories fade, get twisted or forgotten. How I took for granted chatting with Mama about my childhood and Papa only to realise that when she too died, I was suddenly left as...
View ArticleRaison d’être
(This was the initial post I made on my original blog, Loco Parentis. Later, when my partner died and I made a discovery about myself the title was changed as it was not just parents I was mourning...
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