Grandmothers For K, A, M … I was blessed with four. Which means I was twice as lucky as the average child and four times as fortunate as the average orphan. An advantage of four times seventy years against my erstwhile seven. Formidable calculations, guaranteed to put off the average innumerate reader. Be not […]Read Post ›
For JH Serendipity was the name of a very new and exciting shop in Notting Hill Gate in the sixties. I never actually went inside because I had no money, but I would press my nose to the window and look longingly at the mixture of colourful home furnishings and useless but pretty […]Read Post ›
This was written in response to an invitation from the BBC to write a short broadcast on an aspect of my career. Never broadcast though! “What an excellent lesson!” Relief surged through my body, as I could not stop myself grinning inanely at this lively blonde woman who was prepared to acknowledge me as […]Read Post ›
Life Through Basia's Eyes 