Sally Brampton The Inner Critic I was standing in a changing room the other day, struggling to get into a dress. Read more
Sally Brampton Kindness Makes The World Go Round Here is one of my favourite quotes from the always irrepressible, Mark Twain. “The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up”. I love it because it’s so simple and so true. Read more
Sally Brampton The Aunties You know the way Gill gets over excited when she loves something and immediately turns into a happy lunatic? Of course you do. Well, this month I’m going to join her. Read more
Gill Sinclair Celebrating Sally As I write this, it’s been just over a week since we lost our brilliant friend Sally. Read more
Sally Brampton BiPolar and Me Diagnosing somebody under the blanket term of depression and handing them a pill is like shooting in the dark and hoping the bullet will find its target. Read more
Sally Brampton Stuff At this time of year my heart tends to sink, not because I don’t enjoy the warmth and conviviality of friends and family at Christmas – although my dislike of turkey, Brussel sprouts and brandy but Read more
Sally Brampton Being ‘Fine’ I broke my wrist recently and, a week later, I had to have surgery to wire the bones into place. What with a general anaesthetic and a lot of morphine, I’ve been spinning like a top. Read more
Sally Brampton Love I was talking to a woman whose relationship is in crisis. She wants more commitment; marriage, a settled home. Read more
Sally Brampton What Not to Say Words are powerful. We should not be careless with them; yet we fling them around like so much confetti. My darling dad died last week. Read more
Sally Brampton Gardening This is my favourite time of year, when Mother Nature wakes from the long, deep sleep of winter. Read more
Sally Brampton Change Last week, my life changed irrevocably. It took all of three minutes. I was sitting in my study at home on a sunny morning, when the telephone rang. Read more