Last updated on October 22nd, 2020Holi is an ancient Hindu celebration which is also known as the Festival of Colours. It marks the end of winter and the start of the spring harvest season. All over India, the day after the first full moon in March, thousands of revellers pour into the streets and literally…
A DAY AT THE RACES
Last updated on March 26th, 2019It’s The Races today. Not Ascot, silly: The Oxford and Cambridge! I’ve always been a Cambridge supporter. Why? It was all about Maurice, the luminous 1987 Merchant Ivory film set in Cambridge, with James Wilby and a floppy-haired Hugh Grant. Cambridge seemed the most romantic place on the planet. I imagined every rower…
HOT CROSS MUM
Last updated on October 23rd, 2017It’s the usual mayhem and madness. School breaks up in an hour, and Mrs Bunny has yet to procure a single Easter egg. With a household diet of vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, “I’m on a diet” or “I don’t give a crap as long as it’s chocolate and doesn’t have Marmite in it,” I’m…