Tag Archives: Roald Dahl

Lullabies and other bedtime rituals

Posted on November 24, 2012 by janh1

I wonder if our kids remember the lullabies we sang to them when they were small, cute, warm and smelled of Johnson’s talc? Did those songs make them quiet and relaxed and ready for sleep? Or was it us, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Watery things | Tagged Beatles, Bedtime stories, Down By The Station, Flanders and Swann, Goodnight, gritted teeth, lullabye, Mud Mud Glorious Mud, parenting, parents, Roald Dahl, st | 16 Comments

To hug or not to hug, that is the question

Posted on September 3, 2011 by janh1

I shook hands with the salesman in the Comet shop today. He’d just thrown two free knobbly plastic balls in with the price of my new tumble dryer. They would have been a tenner! “Pardon?” I said “You’re telling me … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction | Tagged Comet, dead arm, dead leg, Guardian, hug, marketing, Puffin Books, Roald Dahl, Spot, Stuart Heritage | 21 Comments

Tag Archives: Roald Dahl

Lullabies and other bedtime rituals

To hug or not to hug, that is the question

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