THE SMALL THINGS

This is cheap as chips because I’ve been working my arse off all day and my brain has gone into its traditional fugue state. But I’ve ...

Today, I go to a meeting with a brilliant internet expert. I have on my special technology hat and I’ve got my special organised noteb...

A huge day. An epic day. Everything was vast. I had a huge conversation with The Oldest Friend. As if we had not covered enough yest...

I had one of those conversations today with an old friend, one of the ones which makes everything better. We ranged over every subject ...

I have a friend who is an expert in worldly things. She has seen more worldly things with her actual eyes than I can shake a stick at. ...

This evening, I exist in a state of extreme mortification. I have done something which has upset and worried someone I love and admire. W...

One of the great things in my life is Radio Four randomness. This is when I turn on the wireless at a time I don’t usually listen to i...

I am heroically, catastrophically hopeless at getting things done. I can write a book in three months, which I have just done, but can...

I love the word thing. I use it all the time, far too much, because I am so fond of it. I especially like the expression ‘I did not ev...

On this day, four years ago, there were two fairy tales at the Royal Meeting. There were two stories of such high emotion, such blazing g...