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One of the greatest traditions my mother ever passed on to me is that of the ‘Sticky Bun Moment’, the

One of the greatest traditions my mother ever passed on to me is that of the ‘Sticky Bun Moment’, the

The first time I really met the Queen, she was in her bedroom. I must have been around 8, perhaps,

Before we go too far, a warning. In the words of Baz Luhrmann, ‘[nostalgia] is a way of fishing the

It’s around 1983, maybe 1984, and my goodness, my arms ache. I have been practicing my very first starring role
I’m huffing up the stairs, socks straggling and escaping from the jumble in my arms. Every two steps one piece

Today was a landmark day. Today, I finally returned to the lowest weight that I have recorded, the weight I
Musicals have been my favourite kind of music since I was maybe around 10, maybe younger. I’ve never lived close

Unless you’ve been under a rock lately, or you’re Donald Trump, you are already aware that Joe Biden has won

No secret, I’m pretty obsessed with musicals, and I’m not ashamed of it. A few years ago, I did a
I’ve listened to and loved Miss Saigon for about twenty years. I know every word and I identify with the
I was driving yesterday and put Les Misérables in the CD player for the first time in ages. Wow, that’s
More Life Lessons from Mary Poppins Anyone who read my post Sand Through A Sieve and thought it was inspired
A lyric that gets me every time I hear it is from Mary Poppins, when Bert is cleaning up his