Phyl's Blog

(I'll keep it anonymous so I don't get the other mums irate!) Anna: Our teacher moved our seats today. Me: Oh. Who is at yo...

We took the kids to the Scottish Owl Centre for Léon's birthday last month. At the flying display, the owl handler explained that o...

Charlotte had the bottom bands on her braces changed ten days ago. Then the top ones snapped so she had them replaced yesterday with th...

If you have a child at school in Scotland, the word ' glow ' probably no longer leaves you with the warm and cosy feeling it is me...

The last time I remember getting that look - the one of mixed pity and admiration - was back in 2010 in London. I got on the tube with all f...

We had one of those conversations this morning... Anna: Do French people celebrate Xmas on the 24th of December like Danes? Me: Yes, An...

School does it at least once a year. Sometimes I think they are just being a bit nosy and condescending but it's always dressed-up ...

I went outside yesterday morning and rubbish was strewn everywhere. It was bin day. Sitting amongst it were several crows picking at pi...

I was reading the newspaper at the weekend when  I came across a rather odd ad. I wish I had cut it out, but I can't track it down in th...

I'm supposed to be working, and you, Mr Cameron, are forcing me to take time out . That is because you, Mr Cameron, are one prize, antiq...

Yesterday was Léon's birthday. It was also a bank holiday so we decided to break our self-imposed no-spending rule and have a day ou...

I was looking through some old photos of Amaia today for a photo of a coat she had as a baby. We happened upon this one of her with dad....

Targeted ads piss me off! You know that way you look at something on the Internet and I from that moment, every time you are on the Internet...

You know it is probably time you took a few days off campaigning when your four year old spontaneously bursts into 'BBC, walk the pl...

I've had good days and bad days over the last week. Well, that's not entirely true. It's been more like good and bad hours, to b...

I was over at Whitelee again this morning taking a walk when I noticed it was much clearer than usual. It was so clear, in fact, that I co...

One of the things that angered me most was the media's attempt whenever possible to gloss over the difference between civic nationalism ...

It's just for fun, but Fiat have introduced a chuggy-patterning app . It's nice to do something mindless to ease the pain of the las...

So I'm lying in the bath this morning when Amaia appears in the doorway: Amaia: What's your favourite animal, mum? I think it ...

I've taken myself by surprise this morning... I was asleep, or rather dozing at 5am when Thomas came in from counting votes in E...