by Liz Champion | May 2, 2020 | Memoir
There is not an ounce of flour to be found anywhere. ‘The shelves are empty,’ Mum phones to tell me. ‘I’ve looked everywhere.’ ‘I think I have some,’ I say, not wanting to get her hopes up. This is the third time she’s mentioned flour — or the lack of it — this week....
by Liz Champion | Apr 25, 2020 | Memoir
‘Do you think you’re in news overload?’ Chris asks me on Thursday night as we sit down to watch the evening news. ‘We have to be informed,’ I tell him. ‘It’s important.’ ‘But you’ve got it on all the time. It’s not healthy.’ He has a point. After watching the news...
by Liz Champion | Dec 28, 2019 | Books
As soon as I started reading Lemn Sissay’s My Name Is Why, I couldn’t put it down. The book is not a thriller, it is a memoir of growing up in care, but it reads like a thriller. Page after page, I was gripped, holding my breath, unable to comprehend the horror and...
by Liz Champion | Nov 30, 2019 | Books
November is just about over and we’re speeding towards Christmas. I hope you’re making the most of the cold, dark nights for reading. I certainly am. There’s nothing I like more than curling up with a hot chocolate and a good book. This month has been mainly about...
by Liz Champion | Oct 18, 2019 | Memoir
‘I WANT an airport experience,’ I tell Chris, three weeks before our summer holiday. ‘I want to browse the shops and have breakfast. We need to be ready.’ ‘I’m always ready,’ he says. ‘It’s you that never is.’ ‘I will be.’ I’m amazed at how confident I sound. ‘You say...
