2025's Top 10 Essays
Catch your breath, grab a coffee, and catch up
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I am sleeping in, groggy with unsuitable food, and awash with unanswered emails. Happy New Year.
I had the quietest New Year for a quarter of a century: with all my grown offspring elsewhere, it was just me, our arthritic dog, and a husband slipping into delirium. And Jools Holland’s Hootenanny, with an impressive Lulu demonstrating that at 77 you can still be bursting with life force, if you’re doing what you love. The feverish husband murmured, “I need to follow the Lulu book of exercise.” He’s recovering now.
Over Christmas, the only writing I do is journalling, so weekly essays will resume next week. Year-end is for stock-taking, so I’ve tallied up responses to 2025’s weekly output. I present here, for your pleasure, the most …
