Monthly Archives: July 2010

Yessssssssssssssssssssss or Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whichever is easier on the eye and least annoying but yesterday I posted  Girls FC 9 to my editor and it’s such a brilliant feeling I wanted to share it with you in the only virtual way … Continue reading →

Can’t I just kick it? Book 8 Published on August 3rd The postman brought me my advance copies of book 8 in the Girls FC series today. I like the light green cover but poor Tabinda looks a bit anxious. … Continue reading →

Can’t I just kick it? Book 8 Published on August 3rd The postman brought me my advance copies of book 8 in the Girls FC series today. I like the light green cover but poor Tabinda looks a bit anxious. … Continue reading →

Leading neatly on from yesterday’s blog about school lunches, I thought about Rotherham. Rotherham is in South Yorkshire, home to ex- England keeper David Seamen and pride of England World Cup ref Howard Webb. It’s also the town where Jamie … Continue reading →

They call Britain the Nanny State and for good reason. I’ve read about councils sticking secret bugs in dustbins to check the householders aren’t putting in waste that doesn’t belong there. I’ve read about councils spying on parents by following … Continue reading →

Did you see the story a few weeks ago about the little girl who told the artist LS Lowry that he couldn’t be famous because ‘No one at my school has ever heard of you.’  Brilliant!  Young Miss Ethelwyn Warburton … Continue reading →

Thank goodness Iniesta scored for Spain in added time – there was no way I could have watched a penalty shoot out!  It wasn’t a classic final but finals often aren’t because all the energy goes into the semis. Before … Continue reading →

I know it seems like years ago when England were all revved up for the match against Germany (by the way, hard lines, Germany – good match against Spain last night) but I did like Brian Blessed’s stirring rendition of … Continue reading →

England Women’s team 2020: Left to right Claudia, Sophie, Ellie, Lucy, Tara. Front: Victoria, Emily, Victoria and Mia I called in at Keyworth today to Willow Brook Primary School, home of Rushcliffe Girls’ Football Champions. I first met the Willow … Continue reading →

I knew as soon as I got stuck in traffic on the A1 just outside Doncaster it was going to be one of those days and lo and behold what greeted me as soon as I (finally) set foot in … Continue reading →