Maria Rayner‘s observational, fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… There’s a definite warmth in the air: the sun is higher, the sky is bluer, there is blossom on the trees…
February 27, 2021 / No Comment / Read MoreMaria Rayner‘s observational, fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… “Studied and deliberate cruelty.” This is how Conservative MP, Sir Charles Walker, described the ongoing government response to the pandemic on…
February 13, 2021 / No Comment / Read MoreMaria Rayner‘s observational, fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… Weymouth: sun, sea, sand and… Debenhams. Every summer, until the age of 12, I visited my relatives on the Dorset coast…
January 30, 2021 / 1 Comment / Read MoreMaria Rayner‘s observational, fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… I’ve been travelling around quite a bit lately. At the weekend I enjoyed a gastronomic retreat in Argentina, and now I’m…
January 16, 2021 / 1 Comment / Read MoreMaria Rayner‘s observational, fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… Three months to read one book? Anyone who’s been in a book group with me wouldn’t believe this fact, but that…
January 1, 2021 / No Comment / Read MoreMaria Rayner‘s observational, fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… Bingeing TV Box-sets in 2020 Usually, about now newspaper columnists offer tips to help their readers survive the festive season. This…
December 21, 2020 / No Comment / Read MoreMaria Rayner‘s observational, fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… Up early stuffing the turkey. Thumbing through the battered Robert Carrier for the most impressive side dishes. Decking the halls with…
December 7, 2020 / No Comment / Read MoreMaria Rayner‘s observational, fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… Don’t worry, I do not have any inside knowledge. For all I know, Christmas 2020 is still going ahead. Whether families…
November 22, 2020 / No Comment / Read MoreMaria Rayner‘s observational, fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… We have been lucky this week. Without the popcorn-munching entertainment of the American presidential elections to compete with the national media…
November 10, 2020 / 2 Comments / Read MoreMaria Rayner‘s observational, fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… Despite my predictions of doom in last fortnight’s XX Notes, our corner of Surrey has not been pushed up the coronavirus…
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