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Today is washday. My Mother hooks the old tub to faucets over the slate sink, wrestles cotton sheets through wringers, hangs them outside on the sagging clothesline. Tuesdays she irons, setting up the heavy board with its scorched pad dampening our blouses and skirts with a Coke-bottle sprinkler, testing the iron’s heat with her finger….

Purely for the sake of research you understand, I have today tried a really rather divine mulled cider crockpot recipe and if it does nothing else it has filled the house (and the street outside the house!) with the scent of Christmas, which would be just perfect for a cosy Christmas Eve soiree after midnight…

When a person starts fantasising about a good nights sleep, she knows she has tried to squeeze in just a little bit too much life into her week. Yes, Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, after a three day celebration of my sisters fortieth birthday, a silly amount of rather dull behind the scenes admin work, and…