The Kardashians … the ultimate media kash kow?
Breezing through the headlines on this first day of November I couldn’t help smiling to see how dramas in the Eurozone, the impending bankruptcy of an entire country and a hefty drop in the stock markets were all swept aside in the wake of dear little Kimmy K calling time on her marriage after just [...]
When Prenuptial Agreements Work
A landmark decision was made last week by the Supreme Court to uphold a prenuptial agreement in the case of a divorcing couple – French banker, Mr Granatino and German heiress Ms Radmacher. The case has sparked much publicity and interest from family lawyers across the country. How it might pan out in future is [...]
Opposing Family Values?
I don’t do politics as a rule, much to the dismay of a good friend of mine who likes nothing better than disseminating and reassembling the various parties’ offerings. Image via Wikipedia What I do do though is try and understand relationships and families – I’m not a paragon of virtue in my own experiences, [...]
“Life is queer with its twists and turns as everyone of us sometimes learns ….”
I remember that line from a poem called “Don’t Give Up”. I read it a lot when my marriage was falling apart. And here I am again, almost 8 years later, having moved back to the UK “for now” thinking about the queer twists and turns that life has brought my way. A nervous breakdown [...]
Guestblog: What we should really be putting in our knicker drawer
Image via Wikipedia “I am having an out of money experience.” ~ Author Unknown Money – that final taboo that we still, even in this age of alleged openness hate talking about. My Mum had a hairy fit when I started working in Financial Services (she wanted me to be a librarian, “such a nice job”) [...]
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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