Yvonne Vincent

Image ©Jim Benvie. Licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license. While researching my book, The...

Sleighed! is out on Kindle tomorrow (15th Dec), although the paperback is available a day early. It’s Christmas at Vik castle and crimes...

The nicest thing about writing is hearing from people who enjoyed what I wrote. I write to make people laugh and there’s nothing better...

The house poltergeist has eaten all the Jaffa Cakes! And left the empty wrapper right next to my laptop! How did that happen?! I’ve...

I haven’t blogged from the website since March. Why?! Well, partly because I’m a lazy cow and partly because it was lockdown, the world...

I’m having a bout of insomnia at the moment. I tried counting men in kilts but not even that did the trick! My insomnia has plagued me...

Had a chat with the kids last night about coronavirus. There are plenty of articles about how to explain coronavirus to younger children...

I’ve become a bit obsessed with the Coronavirus. Being of middling years and on immunosuppressants I’m worried. No amount of reassuring...

This is an appeal on behalf of a sugar and fat deprived family. Please do something about Mrs V. She has cut off our supply of chocolate...

Yesterday I decided that we need to eat more healthily so I did a healthy food shop which is due to be delivered later. If you hear that...

Many of my friends are worthy. They post worthy things about the environment and health and going running with their children and so on....

The true test of a relationship is your other half’s response to your new haircut. I could practically read Mr V’s mind when I got home...

Sciatica is brilliant isn’t it? Other people pick things up for you, you can take the lift without guilt and, best of all, you can make...

A packet of Jaffa Cakes does not constitute 12 of your 5 a day. Mr V was most emphatic about this after what will forever be known in...

Thank goodness it’s Almost Wineday today. Here are all the important problems I’ve been having: By only looking at adverts for holidays,...

This weekend was spent luxuriating in being one teenager down. Like a dry run for when they both eventually bugger off…er…I mean break...

It’s Wineday, yay! Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Almost Wineday, Wineday, A Bit More Wineday, Sunday. I’ve been to see the careers officer....

I am home from Fancy London. Mr V has handed back the reins. While I was away he navigated a whole cherub dental appointment with no...

I went axe throwing yesterday. According to the instructor I am “a little menace.” The thing about chucking axes at a target is that,...

Sometimes the temptation to do a Shirley Valentine is almost too much. I would have said Lord Lucan but apparently they’ve found him (and...