AI killed the Easter Bunny
On the grounds of advancing age, I had decided to ignore all the chatter about artificial intelligence and devote my…
Are you a hotel buffet bandit?
Last week, on a Swedish train somewhere between Linkoping and Mjolby, as I struggled to open a bag of cheesy…
I want to see a doctor – not do another NHS survey
Nye Bevan did not make old bones, and perhaps that’s just as well. According to a recent British Social Attitudes…
Brother in alms
As a Charterhouse resident, I have a new honorific
Elf and safety
Are child protection guidelines killing Santa’s appeal?
Open alms
How I came to live on charity
Voice of concern
The creep of nannying announcements
End of the line
The premature death of the home phone
Small matters
The difficulties of downsizing
Old money
In defence of hard cash
A stitch in time
What to include in a memory box of the plague year?
Chill out
Why I’ve warmed to cold showers
Open season
Anything goes with Advent calendars
Bag drop
How I gave up an unnecessary habit
A death, live-streamed
The strange experience of my husband’s Skype funeral
Why are so many of my elderly friends in denial about death?
Here’s a cheerful thought: we are all going to die. Some of my friends are under 70 but most, now…
In defence of pocket money
Our grandchildren are penniless. They have pretty much everything their hearts desire and they have parents with wallets full of…
Young recycling zealots are talking rubbish
Church attendances may be falling, but there’s a new religion in town: recycling. Its followers are devout and full of…
What I’ve learned from 20 years without a TV
In the summer of 1999 I did something radical. Spurred on by my husband’s universal loathing of television I took…
