Blogging is a passion of mine and I’ve been writing consistently about family, books, travel and wellness for twenty years now. I am also a regular contributor on LinkedIn, where I focus on sharing insights around employee engagement, culture and communication.

Here are some of the latest posts from my current blog ‘Not from Newbury.’

• Spook Street, Mick Herron
  Where do I start when it comes to the genius of Mick Herron? The detail alone is completely immersive, I was transfixed from page one as springtime in London gently unfurled, in stark contrast to the following chapter where I was completely invested in the heating at Slough House as it spluttered slowly and painfully […]
• The Dog Walker Download
  I spend a great deal of my life trotting along behind my dog. On our travels I’ve noticed dog walkers come in many different shapes and sizes. When you own a large and loud German Shepherd, you learn quickly that training is a priority, although I’ll admit that teaching Dolly appropriate behaviour continues to be […]
• City of Night Birds, Juhea Kim
  I’m not sure I entirely got the hang of the timelines in this story, I kept waiting for the hammer to fall earlier than it did. It might have benefited from more of a balance between the before and after. But that’s a minor niggle for a beautifully told story and insight into the world […]
• New York, New York
  When it came to exiting my comfort zone at breakneck speed, a long weekend in New York definitely hit the mark. I don’t know if we were lucky, or if I’m just out of practice, but from start to finish our travel was seamless. Take-off, landing and everything in between ran like clockwork. Ferries turned […]
• Magpie, Elizabeth Day
  Jury’s out on this one. I had high hopes, and got caught up in the plot quickly, but the more I read the more I felt that the blurb wasn’t an accurate reflection of the plot. I was expecting something different. There were unexpected twists and turns and I thought, here we go – we’re […]
• The Lurgy
  I hate being ill. It’s boring and pointless. I’ve been stuck at home for five days now feeling horrible, heady and exhausted. At least if I was coughing my lungs up or coating tissues in greenies, I’d have something to show for being infected, but there’s nothing. Everything’s on the back burner. My ongoing quest […]