It is with sadness that I write that Elisabeth Sladen - known to many as Sarah Jane Smith, best companion to Doctor Who of all time* has died today.


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It has been one of those massively busy weeks where all the different threads of my life have made some kind of demand or plea of urgency. Day job has been manic, and the editing side of my life has given me plenty to do as well, but having achieved what I set out to achieve I have looked at my ‘to do’ list and realised there is actually a lot ( Read more... )

I've had a day of stomping and sulking, but having slept on the matter, and having had lovely messages of support from people, it's time for me to put the whole 'failure' issue into perspective. This is not failure. It is deferred success!Besides which, the words "not fair" must have been coming out of other mouths this weekend. It appears that ( Read more... )

This is my time of year. My birthday time. The summer starts to disappear and I can put on a cardie without looking weird. I get intermittently optimistic between bouts of extreme self-doubt. I think it's quite hard to shift the new-school-year-psyche even though I left school a very long time ago ( Read more... )

The sun is shining and I have my decision hat on ( Read more... )