‘Take some time off to treat yourself if you can,’ my mother told me. ‘You were looking a bit pale last time I saw you. Why don’t you splash out on some new makeup or something? I’ve just bought some great stuff called Intelligent Foundation.’ I gathered that this magical product was supposed to be … More Light Stuff – Mistakes – The Makeover

Situation: at the hairdressers, where I was attended to by a man with waist-length blonde hair called Malcolm Mistake: declaring that I wanted a total re-style and – the height of idiocy – saying I would leave the details up to him Falsely reassuring conversation, leading to feeling of normality: revolved around water temperature, holidays … More Light Stuff – Mistakes – A Visit to the Hairdressers