Guilty Pleasures: Hello

I worked as an au pair in Germany for an English family during a year out, which turned out to be the beginning of life as a childcarer in one form or another. I had changed a nappy before, but it was still a steep learning curve. To be honest I had no idea it [...]

Top Five Christmas Classics on the Christmas Countdown

Despite being a Radio Two afficionado for, well, ever (did I mention that I have been thirty-something since I was five?) I am often not in the right frame of mind to listen to Sounds of the Sixties on a Saturday morning, not least this morning after walking the halls with Dimples for three hours  [...]

The Gallery: Red, red, red!

I’ve been following The Gallery since it started. It’s hard not to when it is a very similar age to the Dimpled One, so I assume that I can be forgiven for taking until now to throw my hat in the ring with some truly excellent writers and photographers. Since I am neither, I hope [...]

Wait a minute Mr Postman

    Night Train(Commentary for a G.P.O. Film, July 1935)          by W.H. Auden (1907 – 1973)                  

This is the Night Mail crossing the border,Bringing the cheque and the postal order,

Letters for the rich, letters for the poor,The shop at the corner and the girl next door.

Pulling [...]