Category: HOME

THE ART OF DEALING WITH SELF-ISOLATED LITTLE MONSTERS

.Reading time 5 minutes.

I find it pretty awful when people try to reassure me that I’m a good parent right now. Instead of revelling in the words of praise, I recoil as I recall all the recent times I’ve nearly exploded, pushed by a child to the edge of quarantined sanity. Go ahead and #sourdough your way through […]

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FIRE, OH, FIRE: MY SON SUMS UP FIERY HOMESCHOOLING

.Reading time 4 minutes.

Yesterday was horrendous. While, strictly speaking, it was the first day back at (home) school after the Easter holidays, I suppose parents across the country made a decision about how stressful they were going to make it for themselves. I – perhaps predictably – went full-force. I could have eased my son back in, but […]

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EVERYDAY OVERACHIEVEMENT (AKA THE ART OF DOING LOTS OF THINGS BADLY)

.Reading time 6 minutes.

I get distracted easily. Actually, that’s not strictly true; I tend to get intensely busy with several things at the same time easily. When I’m doing a chore, such as cleaning the dishes, I’ll remember that I need to hang out the washing and I’ll start doing that as well so that I don’t forget. […]

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TURNING A GENETIC DEFICIENCY INTO AN INTERIORS SUPERPOWER

.Reading time 10 minutes.

Buying my first home at the age of 33 should have felt amazing. Perhaps especially because it was in London – a place where so many young people are totally priced out of the property market. I felt ice-cold when I was handed the keys, though. I’d been renting for years, first with friends and […]

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