Mairi FraserMar 222 minStill in lockdown life…A year ago, I wrote in The Times about becoming my mother: bemoaning her menu-planning; a passion for extinguishing lights; pre-suds...
Mairi FraserSep 15, 20203 min2020 - All change...The eighties. Rock legends Genesis deftly summed up the decade as a ‘Land of confusion’. Metaphorically, I was living the soundtrack....
Mairi FraserSep 7, 20203 minMissing you alreadyDuring lockdown, we started watching breakfast television, otherwise known as the one o’clock news. The first cup of the day was guzzled...
Mairi FraserAug 31, 20203 minDining out on the landscape – Mairi’s new normal post lockdown lifeBefore March, having people over for dinner was un-fettered pleasure. Celebration, a union of like-minded friends chewing the fat and...
Mairi FraserAug 29, 20203 minDressing-up the issue – Lockdown life, cautiously normal. Mairi FraserA burning odour permeated the air. Not something that set off the smoke alarms, but an alien invasion all the same and one that prompted...
Mairi FraserAug 14, 20204 minBeing alert to changeThere was much derision about Westminster’s “Stay alert” message. Rolled-out in late May, it was hot on the heels of being told to ‘stay...
Mairi FraserAug 7, 20203 minMasking the issue - post lockdown life 2020, the new normal How many layers does yours have? Does it boast expansion concertina pleats or lie flush to your contours? Are the straps the full-monty,...
Mairi FraserAug 3, 20203 minOh, we do like to be beside the seaside – post lockdown life 2020, the new normalOne of the hardest parts of lockdown life was the restriction on spending time with family and friends in the great outdoors. We were...
Mairi FraserJul 27, 20204 minHome or away? - post lockdown life 2020, finding the new normal For most parents, summer holidays are usually given initial thought around February half term. After the excitement of Christmas - lying...
Mairi FraserJul 20, 20203 minConfusion rules - Normally new, post-lockdown life 2020I can’t remember who said that if you thought going into lockdown was difficult then try getting out of it. Whoever it was, they were...
Mairi FraserJul 11, 20203 minSlowly does it – Normally new, post-lockdown life 2020We all know that the bribing and corruption of the youth of today is totally wrong, don’t we? I mean, offering financial incentives to...
Mairi FraserJul 2, 20203 minWeather or not – Normally new, post-lockdown life 2020With a glorious inevitability, the moment the metaphorical bell rang, marking the end of school’s strange electronic summer term, the...
Mairi FraserJun 28, 20203 minA cut above the rest - Lockdown log 2020Not since evil Rob Titchener was drummed out of Ambridge has there been such collective and vocal interaction with the radio. “Yes, yes,...
Mairi FraserJun 24, 20203 minChange is in the air - Lockdown life 2020Do you think we’re reaching a fork in the road? Decision time, recalibration. Perhaps not a Lord of the Rings-sized scene shift, more,...
Mairi FraserJun 19, 20203 minInvisible matters – Lockdown life 2020Remember those early days; confined to barracks but full of vim and vigour for tackling the jobs you’ve “been meaning to do for years?”...
Mairi FraserJun 15, 20203 minCooking up a storm – Lockdown life 2020“I appear to be running an ‘all-inclusive resort,” remarked my witty cousin, ground-down by relentless demands of constant home-feeding....
Mairi FraserJun 11, 20203 minSome things never change – Lockdown life 2020A palpable sense of excitement ensued when I realised a visit to the car dealership was required. Not an emergency, you understand, just...
Mairi FraserJun 9, 20203 minTea's never tasted so sweet - Lockdown life 2020Observant readers will already have clocked my love of that great British institution, the cup of tea. Such was the dedication to my art...
Mairi FraserJun 3, 20202 minQuestions, questions – Lockdown life 2020“Are you leading or am I?” asked the Killing Eve finale. Having watched it, we were none the wiser. Don’t be offended BBC, we love you...
Mairi FraserMay 29, 20202 minOut of the starting blocks – Lockdown life 2020Racehorses; designed for speed, agility and their innate desire to pip colleagues at the post. Correct? Not always the case. The aptly...
