Category: From my life
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Things I watched in April
Not one to do things by half, this month I’ve gone from not seeing anything for over six years, to seeing six shows in the space of just over a fortnight. Completely normal behaviour, I think you’ll agree. Because I’m not a theatre critic (I prefer sitting back and enjoying the show to making notes…
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I read a book: Will I Ever Have Sex Again?
Full disclosure at the top: I was lucky enough to be sent a proof of this book to read ahead of its publication later in May. Nobody has asked or told me what to write (believe me – nobody would have told me to write any of what’s coming), and these are my honest thoughts.…
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Things I loved in February
Well. Despite the efforts of leap-day to destroy me completely, we have made it to the end of February. I thought January was extra-January this year, then February came along screaming HOLD MY BEER, to really test my resolve. I could succumb to the temptation to wallow in all the ways that this month has…
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I just want to go to the theatre
I haven’t been to the theatre since 2018. Not because it’s expensive (it is), or because of Covid (which didn’t help, admittedly). Because I’m fat. Last time I went to the theatre, it took a week for the deep bruises on my hips and thighs to fade. Weeks more for the pain in my knees,…
Stephanie Franklin 