People who are single, it appears, are thriving – despite never having had the social and financial advantages of marriage, a rite of passage that is celebrated globally, and which automatically bestows adult status and maturity. In a western culture obsessed with happiness, the sad singleton stereotype persists even though more people are choosing to[…]

Were you suffering from Blue Monday at the start of this week? If yes, I hope you were able to get over it in one day. You may have booked the day off for wallowing in misery and self-pity; celebrated the day by eating ‘blue foods’ (blueberries in everything?); taken part in ‘beat the blues’[…]

I’d been talking to myself about it for ages. Well, just about every time I opened a cupboard door, especially in the kitchen. Where’s the…..? I thought I had……. If I could just reach…. It wasn’t that the insides of the cupboards were untidy –they were just stuffed full, mainly with stuff I hardly used[…]

What are the highlights of your 2018? I bet one of them wasn’t, like me, playing a cowardly stoat, as pictured. I like taking stock and reviewing the previous 12 months. It’s good to identify what you could have done better. But, more importantly, it’s a time to tot up your successes and give yourself[…]