Hello, thank you for visiting my site. I am a Video and TV producer and Researcher and I also write features and scripts.
Here you will find out about me and my work. On the production page you will see examples of the moving image projects I have produced and researched. On the writing page you will find features and articles I have written for various publications. In my blog you will find various musings on subjects that interest, excite and provoke me.
If you want to get in touch please fill out the form on the contact page and I’ll get straight back to you.
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MUM-UPMANSHIP
There is never, it seems, an inappropriate time for mum-upmanship: the act of getting one over on your fellow parents. According to a recent survey undertaken by www.mumpoll.com, somewhere in the morning routine maelstrom some mothers still have time to think about their Read the rest of this entry »
HOW TO ORGANISE A CHARITY PAMPER EVENING
I recently held a successful charity pamper evening in support of Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre, and in the absence of comprehensive instructions on how to go about it on the net, thought a step by step guide may serve a useful resource for anyone planning a similar event.
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December 21, 2009 | In: Blog
Yesterday I bought a winter coat from Oxfam. It was an absolute find – a warm boiler jacket type garment by a reputable French designer. Perfect for the cold snap, and at only five quid I couldn’t leave it. Read the rest of this entry »
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December 14, 2009 | In: Blog
No-one likes a liar, especially when he or she holds a position of trust. The path of history is littered with Pinocchial examples: Bill Clinton, Jeffrey Archer, Richard Nixon, Baron Munchhausen. Like chewing gum on a pavement, the lies they tell stick like glue, look unsightly and are almost impossible to remove.
Yet every year parents around the globe join the hall of shame by lying their morals off about some big fat bloke in a red suit popping down the chimney to deliver a stash of booty. There is no higher rank of trust than a parent, yet every Christmas we change the rules of right and wrong in order to deliver this lie with absolute conviction. “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, just ask Santa”. Read the rest of this entry »
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December 10, 2009 | In: Blog
This week I have endured a double-pronged attack on my sensibilities from both ends of the moral spectrum. The first came from Hollywood via Blockbusters and the second arrived through my letterbox yesterday morning in the Sunday Telegraph.
Missile number one was the film Blood Diamond, a portrayal of Sierra Leone’s illegal diamond trade at its peak in the late 1990s and still operating to a lesser degree today. It highlights in bloody, explicit detail the human price paid by this ravaged country to supply the West with its ultimate symbol of ‘bling’. Not an easy watch by any means, but one of the most powerful films I have seen for some time. Read the rest of this entry »
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December 9, 2009 | In: Blog
Everyone loves getting presents, and there’s nothing better than a particularly fruitful visit from Santa to coax out the inner child. I am one of life’s present-squeezers – I see a shiny parcel with my name on it and I simply can’t resist a feel. Surely what lies inside will make my life complete, be the answer to my prayers or change me for the better. The trouble is it never really does. I don’t mean to come over all Veruca Salt; let it be said I’ve had some quality gifts of the edible, wearable, ornamental, readable, playable, spendable and miscellaneous variety, for which I have been suitably grateful. But with a few exceptions, the novelty eventually wears off and the item is relegated to the clutter league. Read the rest of this entry »
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November 29, 2009 | In: Blog
As my second property development is nearing completion, I am faced with an irritating decision: do I tart the place up as Bryant’s poor relation, or do I compromise its dignity by showing the house in all its natural, magnolia glory? The former would no doubt mean a major expedition to Ikea and a real test of flat-pack patience, while the latter would entail doing nothing at all. Obviously the latter is far more appealing to a mother of twins, but this dilemma, as with so many others in life, is all about effort versus return. Read the rest of this entry »
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2008 began for me with fireworks, but sadly not of the pyrotechnic kind. As the London skyline lit up on the telly behind me, my husband and I were getting explosive about an issue currently dominating our household. Despite it being a new year, we have yet to reach a resolution. The burning issue is whether or not to force our two and a quarter year old twins to surrender the soother. Read the rest of this entry »
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To pull off a one-woman show you have to have something not usually associated with the female form: balls.
And as a male writer of a one-woman show you have to have something even less frequently associated with the male psyche: insight.
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They say it’s not until you’re all grown up that you can really appreciate what your parents did for you. In the 13 years since this little Yorkshire bird flew the nest, I have gradually twigged why they said what they said, did what they did, and more frustratingly didn’t do what they didn’t. Read the rest of this entry »
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“Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever.”
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February 6, 2008 | In: Blog
A few months ago my twins and I visited a friend who was in the process of hanging brand spanking new curtains hot off the Singer. Queue tension-building orchestral music, and prepare to cover your eyes. Complete the mise-en-scene with a black felt-tip pen belonging to my friend’s daughter held aloft by one of my offspring, and then imagine that the curtains are a colour that can only be described as white with a hint of snow drop. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 18, 2008 | In: Blog
The trouble with trying out an experiment where the intention is not to do something is that if successful, there is very little to write about. I could sum up succinctly how I haven’t been clothes shopping and how I haven’t been to Ikea – there, I just did. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 18, 2008 | In: Blog
This week Mr Brown has finally gone public with a donor story that doesn’t include Peter Hain, Harriet Harman or George Osborne. His latest policy idea is that everyone in Britain should automatically be placed on an organ donor register and be forced to opt out if they don’t want to donate their organs when they die. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 3, 2008 | In: Blog
Its day three of my used goods project and on the whole people I have told about it have been really supportive. I have, however, had a few conversations that have made me smile internally and are definitely worth noting here. Read the rest of this entry »
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November 27, 2007 | In: Blog
My first entry is something of a closure on the past and a new beginning; a story of feuding families, crime, retribution, and an uncertainty about the effectiveness of revenge. Who would have thought that my epiphany would come whilst watching Never Mind the Buzzcocks last Thursday evening? Read the rest of this entry »
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