Aug 14, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Hi! Come in, sit down. I’m Sally Castle and I’m one of the assistant public defenders for Fayette County. What can I help you with? Oh, you’re not looking for legal advice. You want to know about my day? I’m not sure it’ll be as exciting...
Aug 11, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Eden Wallace, 34, widow. Name, rank, serial number, right? Once a military wife, always a military wife. If you wanted to spend the day with me…it would have to be a day in the life. The thing is, I’m afraid of the dark. I haven’t always been this way. I used to...
Aug 5, 2018 | A Day In My Life
It was an ordinary white envelope that arrived with the usual post on the afternoon of Monday, 4 August 1974. It had Mrs. Gayatri Bhardwaj written in plain black letters at the top right corner, under which the word ‘urgent’ was inscribed in large bold letters in red,...
Aug 2, 2018 | A Day In My Life
I’m Sandy. Sandy Shaw, and before you make any jokes about the singer with the same name as me, I’ve heard them all before. I wasn’t named after the singer. My mum was a bit of a hippie, and she gave me and my sister Coral seaside names. You know, sandy shore. Coral...
Aug 1, 2018 | A Day In My Life
As a modern, 34 year-old woman, it feels strange living in a Lancashire village that is deliberately being held in a Victorian time-warp. That’s the hard-hitting commercial world of tourism for you, I guess. When Cornelius Swan first built Swansneck Village to...
Jul 31, 2018 | A Day In My Life
“I want you to duplicate the final dinner served on the Titanic. Ten courses for eight people.” I stared at Otto Warbeck. Was he joking? Not visibly. The yacht owner had wrinkles in his forehead, but no smile lines. When I agreed to cater a dinner for him on the...
