Mairi FraserOct 10, 20232 min readPrivate Matters' book launch - jitters and jauntsMairi Fraser at the book launch of her debut novel, Private Matters, about a fictional British boarding school
Mairi FraserAug 16, 20231 min readMairi's debut novel, 'Private Matters' publishedReally thrilled that my first attempt at writing a novel has been successful and is now 'live' across the globe: here is the link to my...
Mairi FraserJun 2, 20223 min readMum at the Coronation - the original one!Throughout my life, legendary tales of ‘Operation Coronation’ have filtered through family dialogue, me – I now shamefacedly realise –...
Mairi FraserNov 12, 20212 min readFlushed with a lack of successShadow Cabinet Office Minister, and mum of four, Fleur Anderson, commented on R4s Today programme that wet wipes were “really essential.”...
Mairi FraserMar 22, 20212 min readStill 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 min read2020 - 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 min readMissing 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 min readDining 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 min readDressing-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 min readBeing 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 min readMasking 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 min readOh, 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 min readHome 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 min readConfusion 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 min readSlowly 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 min readWeather 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 min readA 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 min readChange 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 min readInvisible 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 min readCooking 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....
