So, I went to a gala dinner on Sunday. Excellent fun it was too; to say it was full of party animals is an understatement – I danced for 4 hours straight and the dance floor was always crowded. In the end, they had to turn the music off and switch all the lights on […]
Excellent week where it did not snow. Yeah, yeah, it’s really priddy, until you have to wade through the wretched stuff. Love it if I have the weekend off, not so keen if I have to go to work. Best story this week is the one about Zoe Kravitz telling us to let it all […]
Second week of the year and the festive season already seems like a distant memory. Never fear, we at AlaraApothecary are here to cheer. (We’re poets and we do know it!). Anyhoo, Moron of the Year is becoming a hotly-contested title already. No.1 favourite thus far is the genius at NHS England who informed the […]
Happy new year, dear readers. I thought I would start you off with some of Gary “Boy Genius” Larson’s excellent cartoons. 2017 is going to be a better year than 2016, mos’ def. We already have a nominee for Humanitarian of the Year. A billionaire in the US has been funding a secret project to […]
Picture of the year so far is that of the Christmas tree in the centre of Aleppo. I’m certain it’s one none of us thought we would see any time soon, and it is wonderfully encouraging in a time of constant bad news and turmoil. I pray for peace for all the citizens of Syria, […]
