Gratitude

My Jericho Writers York Festival of Writing 2022 takeaways

I have never attended a writing festival before. There was always an excuse. I didn’t have money to spend on such an extravagance, I wasn’t a proper writer (this one worked for many years until I actually got an agent in 2019), I didn’t have time, between renovations, working and looking after holiday makers (this …

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La vie rurale – Part 1

’Welcome to the most cosmopolitan street in France,’ says Daniella, my Brazilian neighbour, whom I had the pleasure to meet at my other neighbour’s chateau, an absolutely jaw-dropping property across the street, where Julia, a Scottish who has been living here with the family for over six years, has organised a ladies’ evening. I’m gonna …

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Make your wishes come true

We’re only a few days away from the New Year. And I don’t know exactly when that came about because only yesterday (so it seemed) I was scrubbing elephants in Sri Lanka at Millennium Elephant Foundation, drinking tequila shots at my hen party in Split, Croatia, moving house to Streatham, getting married, getting a cat, having a belated honeymoon/house hunting …

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Sri Lanka Diaries Part 4: A Typical Day at Millennium Elephant Foundation

’So do you like it here?’ asked the English tourist, while I was on duty at the fruit shop. ’Have you ever wondered about the meaning of life?’ I asked instead of an answer, slicing up a rotund pumpkin and scattering seeds all over the counter. ’Yeah,’ he probed. ’Well, I found it,’ I said …

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