"I've even neglected the bacon machine for the news." March '25

Distractions, radio, magazines, children’s books, the drama triangle, teenagers, childhood photography, how to make ideas stick, bacon... twice!

Hi everyone,

I’ve spent the past couple of weeks in Bristol with family, whizzing around in my mum’s car-cum-go-kart, facing both my fear of hill starts and a recurring choice between an ancient Michael Bublé CD or Radio 4 – with strict instructions not to change the channel in case we can’t get it back again. My head was spinning and I won’t go into why…