Christmas stories
We won’t be posting much over Christmas, so while we’re off eating our own weight in Cadbury’s Roses, watching Doctor Who and Upstairs Downstairs, and trying to stop children and pets climbing the...
View ArticleMagic Darts
January. Don’t we all just hate it? The dark mornings, the return to dull routine, the lack of cash, the lack of a waistline. But for me, every January there is a small gleam in the darkness, courtesy...
View ArticleA Very Glossy Upbringing
I don’t buy magazines anymore. Not at all. Not even for the train. I prefer to read news sites, tweets, pompous novels, and the backs of cornflakes boxes; the only magazines you might find in my house...
View ArticleHere comes the bride – but look who’s performing a coup…
Easily the funniest thing you will see anywhere on the internet today. Imagine Kate’s delight. I hope she and Wills have bought a full set of these…. The Fairytale Romantic Union of All the Centuries
View ArticleHow the Internet Has Changed Our lives
To celebrate our 500th post, we Anti-Roomers share how the internet has changed our lives for the better – and the worse. We’d love to hear your early internet stories, life-changing online experiences...
View ArticleStrung Out On Heroines
It might be that I only became hyper-sensitive about female TV characters after I had my own daughter, but I don’t think so. I can’t really remember a time when I wasn’t rolling my eyes over the...
View ArticleTo ink or not to ink?
I’m getting on, getting sensible, getting worried about what people think… ah, who am I kidding? Even writing that line had me mentally reaching for a pack of Marlboro red and a bottle of Jameson at...
View ArticleGuest post: How happy memories of my childhood make living in Ireland easier...
My pride in being Irish has taken a beating over the past few years. Government corruption and clerical child abuse shook me to the core. When the recruitment ban on public sector jobs left me...
View ArticleGet busy with the fizzy
Earlier this afternoon, I was browsing mugs, washbags, scented candles and mismatched tea cups and saucers looking for end of year presents for teachers (I know, a whole other post in that) when I...
View ArticleSay Cheese!
Every family has one. On top of the piano, on the mantelpiece framed by the Irish dancing trophies and the GAA medals, in pride of place on the ‘good dresser’ – the family portrait. That snapshot of...
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