by Barbara | Jul 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
I remember well the first bottle of wine I ever bought. Well I didn’t purchase all of it.. I had shares in it, so to speak. I was about 16 and with a few girl pals walked over a mile (no – we had shoes and it wasn’t snowing) to a shop where we had heard they weren’t...
by Barbara | Jun 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Seaside Marquee – DALKEY BOOK FESTIVALIn the last few years I have become a right pain in the ass about The Dalkey Book Festival. “It’s great,” I enthuse to all and sundry, “brilliant events and the town buzzes with energy and the sun always shines”. Most of...
by Barbara | May 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
Dinner table discussions are one of the best things about family life.. and like good wine they get better as the kids get older. I had the rare experience of gathering my three daughters and my husband around a big roast dinner last night in advance of my eldest’s...
by Barbara | Apr 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
It was Coco Chanel who said that a woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life. This may or may not be true. But what is very true is that a woman’s relationship with her hair goes way beyond the obvious. It is a deeply intense bond that proclaims something...
by Barbara | Feb 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Feminism is a funny old game. It is a classic case of two steps forward and one backwards. As women move forward in our quest for full equality there seems to be an equal counterweight which balances this progress by reminding us that we still aren’t really that...
by Barbara | Feb 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
I have a fear of clutter. I throw stuff out at an alarming rate. I especially hate the idea of the space above our heads being full of rubbish, so things have to pass my inspection before they are allowed to be stored in the attic. However there are two large bags...
