by Jenni Ellegard | Dec 1, 2015
‘An Unexpected Visit’ – a short storyShe looked in the mirror at the woman who stared back at her. The bruise on her eye had not yet disappeared. She dabbed a brush into her powder which sat open on her dressing table, and began patting it onto her...
by Jenni Ellegard | Nov 9, 2015
I found myself in rather an usual predicament today, whereby I had a day off and I was 200 miles from my home in Bournemouth. The day started reasonably well. I was in a hotel having an all you can eat buffet breakfast with my colleague, Dajana, a lovely girl from...
by Jenni Ellegard | Sep 13, 2015
My first grievance with the town of Poole is the name. ‘Poole’ is not the easiest name to say to people when describing where you live. It either comes out as Pewl, and you sound like you’re trying to be posh, or it sounds like you’re just...
by Jenni Ellegard | Aug 28, 2015
It was a Monday, in August, and it was raining. My mum and sister had come down from Essex for a long weekend to stay with me in Dorset, and, as usual, I’d made a plan of all the things we could do. All of them, however, unfortunately banked on the weather being...
by Jenni Ellegard | Aug 16, 2015
I know what you’re thinking, and yes, I agree. If Tutankhamun was still alive now, then Downton Abbey would undoubtedly be one of his favourite TV programmes. And let’s face it, Downton has hooked the world. Who couldn’t be entranced by the goings on of the social...
