by Nicola C. Manasseh | Jan 4, 2026 | Personal Stories
I was on my way to have a facial when my electric bicycle stopped working. The on/off button just dropped off in the street, after days of becoming looser. This was a rare occasion when being early for an appointment had its benefit. Whilst hardly holding back...
by Nicola C. Manasseh | May 27, 2025 | Personal Stories
The recent news that an American worth $115 billion 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 with...
by Nicola C. Manasseh | Mar 21, 2025 | Personal Stories
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 C. Manasseh | Jan 29, 2025 | Personal Stories
I’ve been down a TV rabbit hole. After the first couple of 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...
by Nicola C. Manasseh | Dec 31, 2024 | Personal Stories
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 C. Manasseh | Dec 20, 2024 | Personal Stories
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...
