A simple life

{CC & Me. NYC. My 39th birthday}                        Since he went into the jungle, in 2016, I have thought about Joel Dommett probably once every couple of months. There’s the obvious reasons ~ He’s easy on the eye. He owns an extremely enviable set of […]

Feeling out of touch

                  {Group Hug with loves: Sister With Massive Laugh, myself, Alison and Tina in NYC. 2012} I am a pervert. Or a politician. Depends on how you look at it. Basically I like to touch people. All the time. ‘Hands on Donovan’ is a moniker that’s…well, it’s […]

Hair today, Gone tomorrow

Make me bald. Seriously. All of me. Make every last inch of my body hairless so that I resemble a slippery seal. In fact, make everyone bald. Life would just be so much easier if none of us had hair. Anywhere. From where I am lying in my bed I can see a long strand […]

Time to pipe down and start doing something

{Joaquin Phoenix receiving the BAFTA for Best Male Actor}  I forlornly sat at a friends kitchen table and told her I had come to the realisation that women will never be equal in my lifetime. ‘Oh God, get used to it’ she replied bluntly ‘I worked that out ages ago’ The conversation took place around […]

No nuptials necessary

Phoebe Luckhursts recent article, for the Evening Standard, questioned whether the classic Rom-Com had died a slow and saccharine death right before our very eyes. I am not ashamed to say that I have long been a fan of the Rom-Com. Predictable and dependable, there is nothing taxing on the brain when sitting through 2 hours of […]

Dressed As Girl

Never did I think a fully made up man in a kaftan would make me cry. However, come this past Friday night, as I lay on Sister With Massive Laugh‘s couch, that’s exactly what I was doing. Crying at a man in a kaftan. Sure, I was tired, on my period and had just scooped […]

Time to let go

             {Member’s of the Cambridge rowing team. James Cracknell second from the right} I text my friend Dan the other day with a link to a new comedy writing and performance course now available at the University we both attended. ‘Totes would have loved this!’ I wistfully exclaimed ‘Got another […]

A critical eye

The continuous thought process of a so called feminist, and lover of women, during a performance of ‘When we have sufficiently tortured each other’ at The National Theatre starring Cate Blanchett and Stephen Dillane ~ Oh wow! She looks really normal. I bet she’s my height. Actually she’s probably smaller. They always are. What’s different? Her […]

Pants on Fyre

There is a short train ride from Brighton to Portslade that you can take without purchasing a ticket. I’ve ridden this train, sans billet, twice now and each time have been so unbelievably nervous about getting caught. I would spend the entire journey with my eyes glued to the door, waiting for an inspector to […]

2018 Personal Highlights

Back in the heady days of 2012 I wrote an end of year summary about my own personal highlights. Come January 31st a slew of ’round up articles’ can be found in the media reminding us of the year that was ~ When Brexit took over every news show, Who wore what to the Royal […]