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Farewell to my newspaper column
All good things come to an end and as a regular columnist of Wokingham.Today since day one I couldn’t sneak off without saying goodbye. ...


Nellie Knows : 4 March 2021
For the shortest month February certainly packed some punches with the boiler stopping and my exhaust hanging off. Delighted it’s now...


Nellie Knows : 21 January 2021
Back in the day There’s things I miss about life before lockdown yet there’s other things I’m not hankering after. I don’t miss traffic...


Nellie Knows : 7 January 2021
Better New Year Well this year has surely got to be better than last year. Possibly the only redeeming features of 2020 for me was...


Nellie Knows : 3 December 2020
I put my hand up last week and said this (2nd) lockdown had got to me. The first one had bright mornings, early starts, sunny days, balmy...


Nellie Knows : Wokingham.Today : 19 November 2020
Good to be back on the page after a hideous chest infection, bronchitis and pleurisy which floored me for over a month. It also coincided...

Nellie Knows : 15 October 2020
Of all the ways of starting the week I never envisaged driving to Newbury Showground for a Covid test but that is indeed how this week...
Nellie Knows : 6 August 2020
During lockdown when shop windows were empty, lights were off and people were few and far between the town felt like it was a filming...


Nellie Knows : 2 July 2020
Tuesday marked 100 days of lockdown. It’s been a period of many feelings and emotions for sure. I was asked what one word I would use for...


Nellie Knows : 21 May 2020
Safe to say that last week I had lost my mojo. Do you know how many definitions of mojo there are? Loads, but for the purpose of this...