by Nicola Manasseh | May 27, 2025 | Newsletter
The recent news that an American worth 115 billion dollars plans to spend all his money before he dies, has made me happy. This philanthropist will likely keep enough to fund a luxurious lifestyle and make sure his children want for nothing. And I don’t have a problem...
by Nicola Manasseh | Apr 28, 2025 | Newsletter
I’ve only just seen that ‘devil’ has the word evil in it. The moment this realisation dropped, whilst with a cuppa at the kitchen counter, I went sleuthing online. Apparently devil is linked to the Greek word ‘diabolos’ which means slanderer. Even back in ancient...
by Nicola Manasseh | Mar 21, 2025 | Newsletter
There I was watching Vanya frantically pushing his front door to stop a couple of hired gophers from getting into his parents’ magnificent Brooklyn mansion where he’s living the life of riley with his exotic dancer married in Las Vegas wife Ani, when a woman in my...
by Nicola Manasseh | Jan 29, 2025 | Newsletter
I’ve been down a TV rabbit hole. After 2 or 3 hours, I said to myself okay this is manageable. What’s the worst – 8 or 10 hours of obsessive viewing? I’d say that I know discipline. I can make myself go to bed early when I need to, can sometimes be in the gym...
by Nicola Manasseh | Dec 31, 2024 | Newsletter
10.15am: I’m thrilled that I’ve slept ten hours and happily make my get-the-day-on tea. I’ve no mini Christmas tree this year but I have brought the outside in with a wreath I made in a workshop at St Peter’s, Belsize Square. Three presents are waiting on my new...
by Nicola Manasseh | Dec 20, 2024 | Newsletter
The Banks children give their grumpy father an advertisement for their ideal nanny in the film Mary Poppins. He then tears up the note and puts the pieces in the fireplace and they travel up the chimney to magically reach Mary Poppins who arrives to the Banks’ home a...
