The Memory Box

by Kathryn Hughes

If there’s one thing that shows your age, it’s asking folk if they can turn the music down.

We can’t cherry-pick the parts of our story we’d like to keep. Our lives are a melting pot of regrets, triumphs, sorrow and joy. You have to accept it all.’

‘Be grateful for the time you did have instead of regretful for the time you didn’t,’