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Danny Wallace is a man. This much we know from his popular column in ShortList magazine. But he is also so much more than a man – the presence of a Y chromosome in Daniel’s DNA is the least of his talents. He is also (in no particular order): A best-selling author; A TV producer,…
I’ve been “daddy blogging” for almost 10 months now, and am slowly finding my feet. I’ve got some lovely regular readers as well as some lovely guest posters – some of whom don’t get half as much praise as they deserve. So I wanted to go some way to correcting that here, by highlighting some…
It’s good but it’s not right… There are some things in life that are wrong, even when they’re right. Things that you know should happen, are appropriate and even to be expected, but you still don’t need to welcome them. Its birthday season in the Wall household. My eldest was 9 last week and the…
A short video which amused me quite a bit, taken this weekend when we went to feed the ducks on the Thames…
Every so often, I (as I’m sure you do too) get sent a link to a list of funny “Parenting Fail” pictures – or occasionally, an email with a stream of them in. Rather than making my own pseudo-list though, I thought I’d just point you towards some of the best lists I’ve seen so…
As I blogged about a couple of weeks ago, this month has seen Robert finally making his way in to the big bad world of education, starting full-time (well, if you can call mornings-only “full time” – I guess that’s part time actually…) pre-school. At the end of his first full week of pre-school, I’m…
Note: Whilst I usually like to include a short bio at the end of guest posts, this writer wanted to remain anonymous – preferring to be known simply as “Marine Wife”. It’s such a good read, I didn’t mind going with that at all. So without further ado, here’s Marine Wife’s story – which I…
I remember as a child going to the fun fair that visited our north London suburb for a week every year. Being an adventurous kid I always played the hook a duck stand and for my stirling efforts won: a goldfish in a plastic bag! Not much of a prize, but to be fair not…
In the week where the most stress-inducing event was supposed to be Robert’s first day at pre-school, the little tyke decided to dice with death on Saturday, taking me closer to a heart attack than I ever want to come. On Saturday morning, Robert, Freddie and I were making our way in to town to…
Getting back into a routine after the summer holidays While many parents will be glad that we are now back into the school routine as September gets under way, there can be a few teething troubles to get over during the first few weeks back at school. And not just for kids! Now that the…