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June 12, 2020
TEASER: Rebuilding Alexandra Small
With (hopefully final) edits well underway on what will become my next romantic comedy novel – Rebuilding Alexandra Small – I thought I might tease you with an extract from one of the earlier chapters. No spoilers (beyond those on the dust jacket), just a conversation with a stranger that sets Alexandra on the path […]
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June 2, 2020
Grief: A visit to the museum
My mother died in February. At the time, the virus that now traps us in our homes was little more than a rumble. Second or third story on the news, rendered insignificant by reports of heavy rain or Boris Johnson’s latest infidelity. We were lucky in many ways. We had the funeral she planned, she […]
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May 21, 2020
How’s your lockdown going?
How’s your lockdown going? I’m borderline depressed. So I don’t plan on ending my lockdown life … or doing anything with it. I haven’t learned another language or finished work on my next book. Each day, the government issues press briefings; shit sandwiches where the bread is also made of shit. If you go on […]
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May 15, 2020
Five lockdown whinges
These are my five reasons not to be cheerful. I share them hoping that by getting them off my chest, depression will lift. And if you recognise how yourself in these words, you'll feel better too.
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March 26, 2020
Love in the time of Corona – Chapter 3
The third chapter of my love story for the times in which we live sees Liz at work in a world that changed.
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March 20, 2020
Love in the age of Corona – Chapter 2
Liz and Nod Hello Man – or Brett as she now knows him to be called – reach the main road. On any other day, four lanes of traffic would rattle towards the city centre. Today, Liz hears bird song. Brett’s grey gimlet eyes narrow. ‘That’s weird,’ he says. Liz snorts. ‘Perhaps all the sensible […]
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March 18, 2020
Love in the time of Corona – Chapter 1
7.30am. How did she sleep through another alarm? Liz knows her boss will have a fit when she rolls in late. It’s Tuesday. Strategy brainstorm day. Everyone gets to stare at the boardroom table and wish their lives shorter while this week’s sacrificial lamb flicks through six drab PowerPoint slides and explains away disappointing sales […]
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March 17, 2020
COVID-19: The end of gay life as we know it
Without human contact, we'll retreat to darkened rooms only to emerge blinking into the light one week later, holding up an arthritic claw and declaring we've completed Pornhub.
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March 10, 2020
Age before beauty
Age before beauty makes no sense. If our society valued growing old over looking young, magazines like Best would carry adverts for wrinkle cream not anti-wrinkle cream. Grey pride would be a thing. Paris Fashion Week would major on fleece fabric and loose-fitting slacks with elasticated ankle cuffs. The other day on a bus, a […]
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February 25, 2020
Weight loss – simply the BEST
Have you ever stumbled upon a magazine called ‘Best’? You’ll find it in every low-grade supermarket next to the crossword puzzle books. They’re designed to sharpen the mind. ‘Best’ sets out to ruin it. Reading ‘Best’ is like having your nasty aunty Pat round for tea. It’s sixty pages of fat-shaming, miracle diets and Meghan […]
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