Dreadful Nonsense

It's pay day today. I went online to my bank to check my balance, move some money around and cry in despair at my ever growing mountain ...

I was sitting in my brother's kitchen yesterday, holding my five day old nephew, who had just been fed and was now fast asleep, drunk on...

When Jon Ronson was invited to submit a raffle prize to auction at his school reunion, he put together a package that he called "My Bri...

One of the best things about being at home and sick: lie ins with the dog.

"To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness." - Oscar Wilde, The Impo...

I took these photos early on Saturday morning, while pacing the corridors trying to get rid of cramps caused by the air that they pump into...

There is someone in my Twitter timeline who I seem to regularly unfollow, and then quickly refollow.   I have followed and unfollowed her qu...

One small bit of admin: the comments *are* working, but only if you click on the title. You can then comment below the post. I'm worki...

Deep breath, everyone. We're diving right in at the deep end. You may have noticed that two of the tabs at the top of this site are s...

Forgive me, Blogger, for I have sinned. It is exactly three years since my last blog post. In that time, everything has changed immensely, ...

Hello there. Warm, isn't it? Who the hell are you? My name is Sharon, I am clinging firmly to the illusion that I am still in my twentie...

I was robbed today. I think it's the first time in my life I've ever been robbed. Having just realised that, you'd think I'd...

I'm at Open University Summer School. It's the end of the first full day, and I am exhausted. I've been exhausted for the past f...

In fact, I found it a lot easier travelling on my own than when I'm travelling with anyone else. I actually find it incredibly stressfu...