by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Oct 1, 2017 | Arts, Entertainment
Back in 1980 I was gripped by the Men’s Singles Final at Wimbledon. The match was between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe and is often described as the greatest ever played. McEnroe, the twenty-one year old ‘enfant terrible’ lost to the good-looking,...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Aug 13, 2017 | Arts
Checking myself out in the mirror this morning, I observe that my eyes look a little tired, but they’re still functional. I can see the remains of yesterday’s mascara on my lashes, and in my periphery I can see what looks like Scafell Pike but what is actually the...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Feb 26, 2017 | Arts, Talking Points
When I was young, people would often ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up. In my head there were two options. I wanted to be either Felicity Kendal or Debbie Harry. Throughout my childhood these two women spoke to me and, though I wasn’t entirely sure what they...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Nov 20, 2016 | Arts
A bleak day in January 1994. I am sitting on a toilet seat in the staff loos of the girls’ school I work in and I am crying. A colleague enters and pushes the door open. In my distress I haven’t attempted to lock it. “What’s the matter with you?” She asks. I...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Aug 22, 2016 | Arts, Travel
As we grow into Executive Youth some of the things that gave us pleasure as young people – Shakin’ Stevens, Vesta curry and pints of snakebite for example – lose their appeal. This is why the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is extra special. It is a feature of...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Aug 16, 2016 | Arts, Travel
Tuesday August 16th 1977 is a day I shall never forget. On this day I kicked a small, Spanish girl in the head. I hadn’t meant to; she’d run in front of the swing I was playing on and I didn’t know how to say ‘Mind out!’ in her...
