by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Oct 7, 2018 | Arts, Entertainment
It is Sunday, 9 November 1976. I am about to experience an evening I’ll never forget. The final episode of ‘Ballet Shoes,’ a TV series in six parts, is in the opening minute of its transmission. The titles are rolling and I am transfixed by the pointe shoes...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Sep 30, 2018 | Family, Talking Points
October 1987. I am about to start my degree at the University of Warwick. Everything I need, namely my film poster of ‘Another Country’ featuring Rupert Everett, my boombox and mix tapes (everything from The Smiths to Five Star), a selection of batwing jumpers,...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Sep 23, 2018 | Family, Travel
Nobody tells you, when you’re holding your newborn in your arms, that in about seventeen years or so you’ll be screaming, ‘Brake! Yes, now! For Christ’s sake, brake!’ You will scream a lot of other things at them before then, of course. Things like ‘Bloody well tidy...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Sep 9, 2018 | Food, Nature
My heart is pounding, my mouth is dry and my legs feel wobbly. If it were this evening instead of this morning I’d pour myself a glass of wine. I’ve just come close to mowing down an old couple. To be fair to me, this happens every September. And...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Sep 2, 2018 | Arts, Stand-up Comedy, Travel
As that well-drawn character of Middle Eastern literature once said, ‘It is finished. This gig is done.’ The Edinburgh Fringe, my first as a performer, is over. And I didn’t die. Not even once. I am very much alive, if rather tired now. The final...
