A slow news week
We all know that August is traditionally the ‘silly season’ for newspapers and that news is usually light hearted and of a frivolous nature. However this August we’ve been unfortunate to be headlined with London Riots, Financial Crisis and continuing saga of the NOTW Hacking. Living as I do in the Mid Sussex area, I [...]
Pirates, A Picnic, And A typical English Summers Evening…
Over the last week we have had a couple of my best girlfriends stay with us. Thursday was our last day together, so we thought we would celebrate in style, by going to our local ‘Cinema under the stars’ event at Lulworth Castle run by The Nomad. The film for the night was ‘Pirates of [...]
For all Victims of Domestic Violence, Their Family, and Friends
Every Tuesday we feature an article called “in her shoes” where one of our community here talk about their own experience on a topic that is “taboo”. If you would like to share your experience, anonymously if you want please get in touch. I am a victim of domestic violence, along with my youngest son [...]
Breaking up is hard to do
Ian was my first proper boyfriend. Or rather, my first improper one I met him on the way home from my summer job, the year I went to University. I should have realised that it was doomed when his main topics of conversation were Genesis – not, fortunately, the first book of the Bible – [...]
Did you hear the one about the German with a sense of humour…
Starting a business for the first time is an obstacle course wherever you do it. When you do it in another country and culture it’s more like trying to negotiate your way on stilts, blindfolded, across a rickety rope bridge above a volcanic lava flow. I started my business in Germany. Fortunately, I speak German [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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