Tweet On Friday night I was reading an interview in the Evening Standard; it was well written, interesting, but one phrase made me want to give up reading the whole thing. The writer said…
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Tweet Warning: This post may make you wince. As the Duchess of Cambridge prepares to give birth, on Friday my colleagues and I were discussing labour and delivery. I was a bit surprised when…
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Tweet It’s my sister‘s birthday today – we were born 18 months apart, which was, really, a mixed blessing when we growing up. It meant we always had each other to play with, and…
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Tweet Has the author Hilary Mantel actually met the Duchess of Cambridge? I suspect she hasn’t. Either way her comments* that Kate is ‘designed by a committee’ with a ‘plastic smile’ are really very…
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Tweet I’m not usually one for an early Sunday evening TV drama – I’m much more a Walking Dead/Boardwalk Empire/Homeland kinda gal – but I absolutely love Call the Midwife, which is back on…
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Tweet When I was pregnant with No 1 Son I had a fairly arduous commute to work, involving a train, tube and bus. One day I got on the train to find it rammed,…
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Tweet Ever since I saw Kate and William at the premiere of African Cats earlier this year it’s fair to say I’ve been a little bit in love with them as a couple. They…
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Tweet Finding maternity clothes that you’re comfortable in, you like and that don’t cost the earth can be a bit of a challenge, as I discovered when I was pregnant with No 1 Son.…
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Tweet I was chatting to a first time mum-to-be the other night and I found myself having to do the verbal equivalent of Sitting On Hands so I didn’t scare her with too many…
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Tweet I was watching something or other yesterday and a song came on which Man of the House used to sing to me when I was pregnant with No 1 Son. (I say sing.…