I don’t know if you’ve seen the video of the tap-dancing physiotherapist and his elderly patient, but it’s rather lovely. The young man, who is helping his patient recover from a hip operation, learned that she had always been a dancer and decided to incorporate tap dancing into her rehabilitation. She has taught him a…
Month: April 2021
Journey round my bookshelves
Travellers’ tales are giving me the travel fix I need right now. Six months ago, when there seemed little hope of venturing much further than our own front doorsteps, I couldn’t bear to think about the wider world, so wonderful and yet seemingly crushed by the pandemic. Although many countries are still struggling to contain…
That’s not really what I had in mind
In my imagination I was going to be like Saint Francis of Assisi (minus the beard and shapeless tunic). I bought some bird seed, convinced that all I needed to do was scatter a few handfuls outside every morning to attract a variety of grateful birds into the garden. Eventually they’d come to know and…
Such a perfect day
Recently I have been thinking about how much time I spend lounging on the sofa watching TV. Just by writing that sentence I have outed myself as a person with too much time on her hands. I loved Call My Agent! – that addictive French series about a talent agency in Paris – but I…
The wonder of Italian Nonnas and English Nannas
Italian Nonnas seem to be getting a lot of attention at the moment, in theory for their cooking skills, but I suspect largely for their charm. The Pasta Grannies Instagram account has more than half a million followers and many thousands watch the weekly YouTube videos of these women making pasta the way they’ve always…