WRITING

Essays and columns

I write about midlife, attachment and starting again. Some of it is here in full. Some of it appears elsewhere first, in which case there's an opening here and a link to the rest.

12 August 2026 · The i Paper

I failed 11 times to break up with my partner, now I give advice to 400,000 women

I could say it was a Friday. I could say, a few years ago. I could add vagueness to my story to remove myself from the sharpness of its pain.

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