by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Feb 24, 2019 | Entertainment, Music
MOMENT IN THE SUN: LOVE SONGS When I think back to my teenage years, a soundtrack starts playing in my head. It is the mournful accompaniment to the images of me sitting alone in my bedroom in a well of unrequited love, or sitting at the bottom of the stairs waiting...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Feb 10, 2019 | Food, Health
It cannot have escaped your notice that Valentine’s Day fast approaches. Everywhere I look the supermarket shelves are heaving with stuff repackaged in pink or red foil and marked up by twenty percent. If you’re tired of saying it with overpriced flowers and bath...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Feb 3, 2019 | Health, Nature
MOMENT IN THE SUN: SNOW It’s been snowing! How do I know? I know because I have had to spend two nights in a budget hotel to avoid travelling home in hazardous conditions after work. I’ve decided this week, to find the silver lining in the white stuff and to...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Jan 27, 2019 | Arts, Music
Last week I did something I have previously only done by accident. I turned on Radio 3. Long standing readers of my blog will know that I am a dyed-in-the-wool Radio 4 listener. I love speech radio. The voices of Radio 4 presenters are as familiar to me as those of...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Jan 14, 2019 | Sport, Talking Points
MOMENT IN THE SUN: OLDER WOMEN I’m very happy to report that this has been a great week for women over fifty. First I want to applaud the resilience and courage of Anna Soubry MP (62). In the face of daily acts of intimidation from socially frustrated men who think...
