Category: Memoir Moments

Hever Castle was one of my favourite places when I was little. Mum and Dad would take me out for picnics and castle tours, and I remember the hush inside the rooms — the red ropes guiding us, the armour standing silently in the entranceway, and Anne Boleyn’s jewels glinting behind glass. I didn’t understand…

I travelled from Devon to London in a sports car with a friend. I was temping in central London and enjoyed the buzz of the city. I shared a flat with two men. I lived in the attic and enjoyed the experience of temping in a lawyers office in central London. The tubes used to…

  Auckland is called the City of Sails, and even though this postcard shows boats in Volendam, it carries the same feeling — tall masts, quiet water, and that sense of belonging I felt when I first arrived in New Zealand. This postcard was given to me by a generous lady, part of a box…

The Saxons were part of the waves of Germanic peoples who settled in Britain after the Romans withdrew in the early 5th century. They built small timber villages, farmed the land, and shaped many of the customs and place‑names that still exist today. What fascinates me most is how ordinary their lives were — simple…

I must have been about a year old, though at that age time isn’t something you understand — it’s just something that happens around you. What I remember most clearly is the pram. It was blue, and in my memory it feels enormous, like a little boat I sat in while the world drifted past….