It's been a year, doll. Or it might be an hour, a month, or just a few minutes. Everything's changed and nothing has changed and I have...

It's an odd expression, isn't it, to 'get over' someone. I don't really know what it means. Do you get over a beautiful view, a great...

The hysteria has gone. I've been dreading this. At least I still have the intermittent horror to cling to. I know what you're thinking:...

My lovely brother, Martin, packed me off on holiday to Malta with my niece last week. I suspect she was under strict instructions to feed...

I keep thinking about those interviews Wilko Johnson did after he dodged the Grim Reaper. If anyone was going to side-step death it...

Smarter people than me have talked about magical thinking. In the first few weeks after it happened I set about gathering everything...

I've had another try at going through Terry's beautiful clothes. Since he owned so very many (he was a bit of a peacock, wasn't he?) I...

Grief is fearful & vain too, isn't it? You aren't just mourning an adored person, lost. You are also mourning the fact that they were...