Emily, youve ripped my nerves to shreds! she snapped, eyes flashing. Now you expect me to sign paperwork? Exactly why I divorced you in the first...
No, really, youve got to be kidding Emily snapped at her sister, tone sharp. Have all the decent lads in the world vanished? But Andrew isnt...
What did you expect? James snorted. You think I lied? I told you Im not a fan of kids! Ethel sniffed, tears bristling. James, how can...
I walked in on my wife, Martha, shouting at me as I tried to straighten myself out of the sheets. You even with her! she roared....
Just dont bring my mum over, Anna said, eyes flicking to the cramped flat they’d managed to squeeze into. Unless, Paul started hesitantly. Unless we take...
Thin walls She woke before the alarm, before the phone even tried to hum a reminder. At fortytwo her body seemed to have a builtin clock...
He began to forget the simplest things. At first he could not recall whether his son liked strawberry or peach yoghurt. Then the day of Maxs...
Maddie turned up at my flat in Camden without even asking, and I stuck her bags in the hallway. Whose leopardprint boots are those in the...
Emilys parents decide to move in with us in their old age without asking what I think. David, are you even hearing me? Emily yells into...
Im not sure how to make my daughterinlaw understand that my son suffers from chronic gastritis and needs a strictly controlled diet. My son, Tom, is...
I cant seem to find the words that will make my daughterinlaw understand that my son is suffering from chronic...
15March2025 Dear Diary, Im writing this for the only person who will ever hear the full truth of what happened...
31August2025 Diary I was born in a tiny village in the West Midlands. Im now twentytwo, and both my father,...
14April2025 Today I reflected on the way we tend to look after our ageing parents. My older brother, James, finally...
The effect of presence The sunrise was still painting the sky over the terraced houses of East Ham when Anthony...
Dear Diary, Grandsoninlaw, look!Elsie pressed her nose to the window. A pooch! she cried. Just beyond the gate a scruffy...
He had always felt that something was off, as if his life were travelling on a side track while the...
I remember old Ethel Whitby, who lived on the fringe of a tiny village called Littleford, way out in the...
While ambling along the banks of Windermere, Imogen spied a lone goose looking rather like it was pleading for a...
Mother, you really shouldnt bother making the trip now, my son Alex said, his voice flat over the phone. Its...