by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Oct 14, 2018 | Entertainment, Talking Points
I know that if you divvied up the cost of the £2 million security bill incurred for the wedding of Princess Eugenie to that nervous looking tequila salesman, it would only amount to about fourpence per subject, but that is not the point. If I’m contributing to a...
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 | Jul 29, 2018 | Arts, Entertainment, Stand-up Comedy
I made the mistake of typing ‘performance anxiety’ into Google. I’ve been invited to sign up for Erectile Dysfunction advice and tips on how to overcome bedroom pressures. One of the tips, I notice, is ‘let go of perfectionism.’ I already did that. As anyone who’s...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Jul 8, 2018 | Entertainment, Sport
Monday 23rd June 1986 was a day I remember well. The atmosphere at school was tense. It trembled with rage, disappointment and righteous indignation. It was the day after the England-Argentina match in which Maradona discovered he was channelling God through his fist....
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Jun 30, 2018 | Entertainment, Sport
Wimbledon starts on Monday. Time to dust off that interest in tennis and practise the trickier players’ names, ready to casually drop them into conversation at parties and round the water cooler at work. I loved watching the tennis as a teenager. For quite a while my...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Jun 24, 2018 | Entertainment, Food
Turns out the week just gone was ‘National Picnic Week.’ I didn’t have a picnic. But it’s ok, because that was just a marketing gimmick and there’s plenty of time for picnicking and, unusually for the UK, there’s plenty of good weather in which to do it. Which is all...
