Writing | Alexandra Borthwick

Things You Only Know When You've Moved To The Country

You think nothing of cooking supper with your knickers drying all over the Aga. You don’t know your neighbours because you can’t find...

In town: Broke? Blame Christmas. January sales. And Uber, which is practically compulsory now it’s so cold. In the country: Cold? *laughs...

“Sure, come in and fill up your water bottle.” Even though you are a complete stranger and my nearest neighbour is well out of screaming...

Let’s talk about Christmas. Yes, we must. Okay so maybe you dread all the ‘Whose house shall we have it at this year?’ or ‘Do we really...

Yesterday, I sat down to write a blog post. I made some coffee, turned on my computer and then I did the following: checked my emails,...

Heard the one about the pub test? Steady on, no one’s offering you a drink but it should definitely be on the menu every time you write a...

It’s late one Monday night in September 2015 and I’m staring at my to-do list: Fill in forms for ‘meet the teacher’ meetings X3 Find...