When I was a girl I played piano. Every exam I took was measured on a combination of elements, each with a maximum number of points to be earned. There were three pieces of music, scales and arpeggios, sight reading, and listening tests. To pass you had to get a total of 100 points from … Continue reading »
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The body beautiful
I’m catching my breath, two days into my new job, but that’s a whole other post… Last week I was on my holidays, basking in warm sunshine on the Turkish coast. Pasty and white-skinned, it’s only when you realise you’re going to spend a lot of your time in swimwear that you begin to wish … Continue reading »
Review: Clos Maggiore
The London of black and white films is always rainy. Gentlemen wear hats and trenchcoats, holding umbrellas over women who hop in and out of taxis in tailored outfits, secret assignations and lovers’ trysts take place in tucked away restaurants, just round the corner from landmarks like Nelson’s Column. It was a rainy evening, and … Continue reading »
The (un)bikini diet
I am going on holiday in three weeks’ time, and somehow I’ve got to get bikini fit in that time. So naturally my response has been to eat solidly for the past six days. Saturday: I was up in Norfolk last weekend visiting family, and my very generous uncle treated me, my aunt and cousins … Continue reading »
TOWIE Below the Line
Everything was back to normal. And then I got an email invite from RC, who had told me about Live Below the Line in the first place – the Global Poverty Project were doing an event to raise awareness of the challenge, UNICEF would be there, and would I like to come as a blogger? … Continue reading »
Living back above the line again
The final night of Living Below the Line, I couldn’t get warm. My bed was warm, but I wasn’t. I checked the time – 00.16. In theory I could go downstairs, raid my cupboards for whatever I could find, eat and sleep. Instead, I stuck it out. I’d eaten everything in my cupboards beforehand anyway. … Continue reading »
Living Below the Line: Day Five
My youngest sister lives by one maxim which helps her to keep her chin up when times are hard. She always says ‘If you’ve got a roof over your head, and an egg in your fridge, you’ll be alright’. It’s not up there with Shakespeare but there’s a truth to be found in it – … Continue reading »
Living Below the Line: Day Four
‘I was just saying at work earlier today.’ I stop midsentence. ‘Um. Actually I can’t remember what I was about to say. What was I talking about again?’ My friends looked at me like I’d gone utterly mad. ‘I’m sorry, my concentration levels haven’t been great the past few days.’ Food is fuel. Without enough … Continue reading »
Living Below the Line: Day Three
‘I’ve just realised,’ my colleague said to me at work yesterday, waving a soy latte from Pret in front of me. ‘This coffee is worth two days of your food this week. That’s weird isn’t it?’ I looked at it longingly. ‘Yes,’ I replied. ‘It’s incredible really.’ Maths has never been my strong suit but … Continue reading »
Living below the line: Day Two
I’m not very good at knowing when I’m hungry and when I’m not. I’ll habitually wander over to our office cupboard and browse the biscuits if I’m bored, or tired, or in need of a distraction. I’ll eat without even thinking, and forget whether I’ve eaten or not. I guess we all do this to … Continue reading »
