Gill Kerrush

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Published 27 November 2008

BY THE time you read this, I will be a year older; the age that I have to declare on documents will show a figure that has increased by one digit.

Your Mission should you choose to accept . . .

Published 20 November 2008

I’VE purged the understairs cupboard’s teetering piles of Christmas food magazines – a perilous business, extricating one without an avalanche landing on one’s head.

Obama’s big speech had its perfect echo in remembrance week

Published 13 November 2008

THIS week is normally one where we really start to feel the advent of winter; the warmth, colour and excitement of Bonfire Night a welcome antidote to dreary November days.

A Happy Halloween, or has it gone too far?

Published 6 November 2008

NOVEMBER. Almost preturnaturally dark all of a sudden; a time of festivals, rooted in both pagan times, and our earliest religions. A time for spooks, ghouls and horrific tales.

Will it be a case of seasonal success or a fashion faux pas?

Published 30 October 2008

THIS week I have been mostly thinking about fashion.

Exotic autumn food forays

Published 23 October 2008

THIS week I have been mostly thinking about food (as I do every week).

Toying with Christmas options is sending me la la

Published 9 October 2008

THIS week I have been mostly thinking about toys.

I am already racing ahead with some

Published 4 October 2008

THIS week I have been mostly celebrating 2012.

Going up the wall with Hadrian

Published 19 September 2008

THIS WEEK I have been . . . going up the wall.

It’s back to school - and the uniform problem of fashion

Published 11 September 2008

THIS WEEK I have been mostly buying school uniforms.

Food label serving ideas are just a masterclass in the blindingly obvious

Published 4 September 2008

THIS WEEK I have been looking closely at food labelling.

Penny Arrows, Cremola Foam and my sweet memories

Published 28 August 2008

THIS WEEK the discussion in the office has somehow got round to the subject of Cremola Foam.

Trend v tradition in finding the perfect names

Published 21 August 2008

THIS week I have been reading about the latest trends in babies’ names.

Heaven sent - keeping the lines of communication open

Published 14 August 2008

THIS week I have been very much amused by a death notice in one of the quality dailies.

What is this supper thing all about

Published 8 August 2008

THIS week I have been invited out to supper.

A sighting of the first Santa of Summer

Published 31 July 2008

THIS week I have been on my favourite day out, to a well-known kitchenware store in the south of the county followed by a stop off at an equally well-known garden centre on the way back.

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Published 24 July 2008

THIS week, surprisingly, has included a fine and dry weekend. And with fine and dry weekends being few and far between this summer, it resulted in a pall of onion-scented smoke hanging over the area.