Columns | Opinion |

Columns | Opinion |

TALES FROM THE BLACKSMITH'S COTTAGE: Month column in Country Living magazine. This began as an account of growing up in rural Hampshire, but came to encompass an account of my mother's developing dementia.

TALES FROM THE BLACKSMITH'S COTTAGE: Month column in Country Living magazine. This began as an account of growing up in rural Hampshire, but came to encompass an account of my mother's developing dementia.

AGONY AUNTS: My mother and I had a long-running agony aunt column in Stella magazine, offering fairly acerbic advice to readers from different generational angles.

AGONY AUNTS: My mother and I had a long-running agony aunt column in Stella magazine, offering fairly acerbic advice to readers from different generational angles.

REVIEWS: I did regular theatre reviews, as well as occasional film, hotel and spa write-ups. (Daily Mirror)

REVIEWS: I did regular theatre reviews, as well as occasional film, hotel and spa write-ups. (Daily Mirror)

RANT - SURVEY STRESS: As part of a series of humorous rants for our NB: Take Note section, I wrote about the bewildering amount of surveys that pop into your inbox every time you make an online purchase. (Notebook)

RANT - SURVEY STRESS: As part of a series of humorous rants for our NB: Take Note section, I wrote about the bewildering amount of surveys that pop into your inbox every time you make an online purchase. (Notebook)