January shivers in. A lot of people complain about this, the coldest month. I’ve always rather liked it, maybe because I was born in January and consequently enjoy winter. Mind you I enjoy the different seasons. When we lived in Australia I missed the cold. I love the frosty bright mornings here, when the ponies whiskers are hoar frosted and there are horse angels on the ground where they’ve been lying down sleeping at night. The...

Christmas is coming and a Thespian’s heart turns to Panto. I’ve only been in three previously, but I thoroughly enjoyed them all. This year I’m giving my Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz at the Cambridge Corn Exchange. My dear friend Christopher Biggins, who is always Dame in Panto, is also in Cambridge at The Arts Theatre so I’m anticipating jolly times ahead. He is a true Dame, one that is not a female...