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Enduring relationships

What makes for a lasting relationship? Open University researchers are leading a new project looking for a change at positive aspects of life and what we can learn…

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An "interesting" Easter

An "interesting" Easter

We're in Belgium, visiting relatives. It is relaxing in a kind of way. We left at 5am in the dark. We saw the moon going to bed, we sang Abba,…

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Everyday happiness among the gloom

The last few weeks have been full of bad news and mostly about women, but there has at least been a trickle of good news. A friend won a divorce hearing. A…

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Spanish rant

My partner, who is back to seeing this blog as his personal channel to the world, has been on an unending rant about Britain this week. He is Spanish.…

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Sunglasses in the winter

Bonkers daughter has taken to wearing sunglasses in her sleep. To make the room darker. Every night I find her buried beneath about 10 dolls, dressed in a dressing up…

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