Anne Hailes Today

As long as there are rainbows there is hope of a pot of gold at the end. It’s very difficult to think of happier times […]

Hard to know where to start. Every morning, afternoon and evening it’s news you’d rather not hear. I think it’s the uncertainty of it all […]

The beginning of another week. What next? I am glad I happened on a programme called The Wall last night. I can’t say I’m a […]

NO SOUND LIKE CLUB SOUND They were the cream of the crop, everyone had heard of Clubsound when they were at their height sixty years […]

I wakened early and caught the sunshine and an opportunity to have my toast outside – not a sound but a blackbird chatting to a […]

Despite the terrible news bulletins it was a specular week for butterflies. Suddenly on Monday they started to appear from no where – tortoiseshells (below) […]

NEEDS MUST Sometimes when I can’t get over to sleep I play my relaxation tape from hypnotisist Alan Gilchrist and it’s very effective. Other times […]

Has there ever been a more complex time? When the virus hit we had directives to follow and it was difficult but we knew what […]

In the late 1800s Edith Campbell was the equivalent of what came to be known as a Page Three girl except she was modest and […]

What a day yesterday was. In brief, 10 am, turned on my laptop to say hello – wouldn’t respond. Panic. Phone Daniel my trusty friend […]