The things I learned from my GCSE study leave
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
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The silence of the stars
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
One foot in front of the other
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
Losing my weight
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
Musical magic
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
Making memories
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
Recontextualising Hamilton: a literary linguistic perspective
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,
The year I turn forty
June 29, 2020
Ten years ago, I wrote a post about turning thirty. Ten years?! It seems like no time at all… in some ways. In others, I
Truth through denial
June 20, 2020
No secret, I’m pretty obsessed with musicals, and I’m not ashamed of it. A few years ago, I did a couple of posts (eg this