I am addicted to my daily newspaper and feel that the day has never really begun until I’ve had a quick swish through its crackling sheets. Two of my favourite columns are titchy little things of modest pretensions, which I might well overlook were it not for their reliably occupying  the same place in the […]

During our move last summer, I came upon a half finished baby coat which had been started by daughter No 2 but abandoned because work, life, and other such frivolous things got in the way. I threw the coat and rest of the wool it in a bag with a clutch of our favourite lavender […]