Rebecca E Brown

September 30, 2022

One of the greatest traditions my mother ever passed on to me is that of the ‘Sticky Bun Moment’, the ray of sunshine that came

September 20, 2022

The first time I really met the Queen, she was in her bedroom. I must have been around 8, perhaps, and totally engrossed in The

June 9, 2021

Before we go too far, a warning. In the words of Baz Luhrmann, ‘[nostalgia] is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping

May 28, 2021

It’s around 1983, maybe 1984, and my goodness, my arms ache. I have been practicing my very first starring role (pun intended) as The Star

May 26, 2021

I’m huffing up the stairs, socks straggling and escaping from the jumble in my arms. Every two steps one piece of clean laundry falls and

May 23, 2021

Today was a landmark day. Today, I finally returned to the lowest weight that I have recorded, the weight I was in January 2011, which

March 25, 2021

Musicals have been my favourite kind of music since I was maybe around 10, maybe younger. I’ve never lived close enough to London to be

March 23, 2021

Call it middle age, perhaps, or a consequence of lockdown screwing with my head as it does with everyone in different ways, but I have

March 2, 2021

Almost eleven years ago I wrote a post called “Letter to my children”. My daughter was a month old and my son three years old,

November 10, 2020

Unless you’ve been under a rock lately, or you’re Donald Trump, you are already aware that Joe Biden has won the 2020 US Presidential Election,