It is that time again, when Mr B is away and I get the bed all to myself. The bed isn’t really that big but it is huge to me because I am only 5ft 4 and he is 6ft 3. The advert with the hippo and the duck is… more

Once you are awakened from a peaceful sleep, the groundhog day starts as it normally does and you turn off the incessant alarm as if it’s a petulant child pulling at your sleeve. The digital neon green numbers blink slowly into full beam and thoughts of what the day will… more

It sits and stares. The spotted pattern, which I thought was ‘nice’ when I bought it, laughs at me from across the table. Its glossy purple circular motif burning a hole in my iris as I strive to carry on, desperately trying to ignore its contents. The sheaf’s of paper… more