culture – Rebecca E Brown

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

There’s a song I used to love, twelve years ago when my husband and I started going out. It’s Words,

I have been in reminiscing mode a lot lately. There’s a variety of reasons for this, mostly shallow. Sparked off

After my rants of recent posts, this one is a little more light-hearted, you will be pleased to hear. Or

I’ve listened to and loved Miss Saigon for about twenty years. I know every word and I identify with the

Yes. Queen as in Freddie, not Queen as in Elizabeth II, although I daresay she also has some interesting ideas

There’s a scene in Moulin Rouge which is possibly in my top ten film scenes ever – The Emergency Rehearsal.

Ok, I’m sorryabout the pun. But I couldn’t really pass up the opportunity. I decided to buy the DVD of

Waaaay back in the mists of time (ok, a few months ago) I wrote a couple of posts about lessons

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

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