Catriona Olding

My brief encounter with online dating

16 November 2024 9:00 am

Provence One of my daughters and a few pals, thinking I need company, have been urging me to get Bumble,…

Martin has worn down my defences

2 November 2024 9:00 am

Provence My older, adopted sister came to stay. She suffers from peripheral neuropathy secondary to diabetes and is registered disabled.…

Wes Streeting is right – palliative care isn’t good enough

24 October 2024 10:45 pm

Wes Streeting informed backbenchers this week that he is voting against the assisted dying Bill on 29 November, saying that…

Move over, Mrs Bennet – I’ve seen two daughters married in less than a month

5 October 2024 9:00 am

Provence A few days before my middle daughter’s Oxfordshire wedding this summer, my youngest announced that she and her fiancé,…

My dinner date with the detective

7 September 2024 9:00 am

Provence ‘What do you mean?’ I wanted to ask the man who told me last autumn it was time to…

The ‘Clooney effect’ hasn’t affected my village in Provence

18 August 2024 8:00 am

My eldest daughter’s husband is from Como. In the early 2000s George Clooney caused a stir in the town when…

The ‘Clooney effect’ hasn’t touched my corner of Provence

17 August 2024 9:00 am

Provence My eldest daughter’s husband is from Como. In the early 2000s George Clooney caused a stir in the town…

My nights with the eagle owls

6 July 2024 9:00 am

Provence Summer has arrived. The evenings are warm enough to sit out on the balcony terrace and watch the lights…

My dreams of Jeremy Clarke

15 June 2024 9:00 am

The other week my eldest daughter and I were staying with friends in Richmond for the launch of Jeremy’s third…

How a hitchhiker gave me a glimpse into my past

18 May 2024 9:00 am

On the mantel shelf of the cave there’s an invitation to my middle daughter’s wedding in August. This happy event…

How to choose a better death

17 February 2024 9:00 am

In 1984 I was a third-year student nurse. The last secondment before my final exam was gynaecology. The wards were…

Life with Low Life: my happy years with Jeremy Clarke

8 July 2023 9:00 am

Jeremy Clarke’s wife on their happy years together