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You SHALL go to the ball.
Yes, fans, I’m going to the ball. THE ball. The Queen of Teen ball, dresscode: Pretty in Pink. Sparkly shoes and glittering jewels optional (but fab!) The last time I dressed all in pink was in 1987. I was 30 and living in NYC, invited to a wedding in London, and my mother (despairing that [...]
Nose to Tail eating, I mean writing
There are plenty of things to complain about when you’re a writer. Not being shortlisted for the Booker (yet again, damn it!), sales figures that don’t allow the purchase of houses in the south of France or being woken every morning by a full-body massage, which, I’m sorry to admit, has always been my fantasy. [...]
How to tell if he’s the right man for you.
I saw an ad for a Perfect Match service, where you text your name and your boyfriend’s name to 666 or some such number, and it texts you back your chances of being intellectually and sexually compatible and living a long and happy life together. As foolproof as this method seems, I’ve spent years developing [...]
TURTLES UNITE!
I’ve watched with interest as our local park undergoes major redevelopment of its playing fields, gardens and ponds. One element of the works that has seemed a bit sad is the very public eradication of the turtle population in the ponds. Of course the turtles obviously had to go — they’re interlopers, the stuff of [...]
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