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April 16, 2025 Susan Elkin

The M-Word by Susan Elkin

THE M-WORD by Susan Elkin “No, of course I won’t bloody well marry you, Vinnie” says Bella, angrily pushing a strand of...

September 17, 2020 Susan Elkin

Widow’s hols

For fifty years I went on holiday with Nick – from the very first time when we stayed in a mobile home...

July 14, 2020 Susan Elkin

My life in knickers

I was thirteen when I finally persuaded my mother that I was old enough to have a pair of grown up stockings...

October 23, 2019 Susan Elkin

Shopping for one

I’ve now been a widow for nine weeks and am still having to work out  the practical details of a completely different...

August 31, 2018 Susan Elkin

Double carbs anyone?

I think a lot about obesity and about why so many people I see out and about are grossly, often morbidly, fat....

June 3, 2018 Susan Elkin

Playing for pleasure

I write a lot about the performing arts I watch other people engaging in. Last week, for a change, it was my...

August 30, 2017 Susan Elkin

Money Worries

Money is becoming a problem in the household I share with My Loved One and the loathed Ms Alzheimers. Don’t squirm. This...