Rachel Allcock

Queen Elizabeth II: Faith, family and friendship

On the afternoon of 8th Sept 2022, we lost our beloved, longest-serving monarch. You may have already watched hours of footage, read tributes and heard heartfelt responses to the news. Many friends have shared their favourite pictures on their own social media accounts.  I love this image of the Queen at Balmoral, taken just two days […]

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Runner-up is the real win – what my new obsession with Sam Ryder has reminded me this week

Who could have missed the pure joy on Sam Ryder’s face when he heard the final vote and discovered he had come second in the Eurovision Song Contest? He didn’t make the top spot on the Official UK Chart this week either.  Second place looks pretty good on him though!   I was late to the

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Cosy in and listen up – The pop star

Last night I watched a childhood crush of mine ‘dad-dancing’ as he belted out all the tracks from the biggest selling album of 1989 – Ten Good Reasons. Parting with 40 quid for a seat at Blackpool Opera House felt easy: of course, it would be worth it! I love Jason Donovan, don’t I? Turns

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Conversation is Life Part 3: Content and delivery

THE RECAP Welcome back to the series!  I’ve been telling you about my conversations with Atticus the Roman and Blockchain Mum.  If you don’t know what I’m talking about, please listen or read here if you missed part one, and here if you missed part two.     Just to recap, I was so enthralled by Atticus

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Conversation is Life Part 2: Motive, draw, hope

Name that chat – review After last week’s article about discourse, dialogue, diatribe and debate, did you get a chance to think about your default conversation type? Are you happy to sit back and listen? Do you like arguing your case?  Could you spot a family member spiralling into a diatribe?  As promised, here are

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