I’m wrestling with feelings over my one true Valentine
There is only one day of the year on which we can really fawn over our true love without everyone else being sick all over themselves in embarrassment.
View ArticleKirsty Bosley: The Shining - my first foray into the world of grown-up...
I tried every trick in the book to keep my secret...
View ArticleI’m pulling my hair out over stupidly cruel PR stunt
I’m pulling my hair out over stupidly cruel PR stunt
View ArticleKirsty Bosley: ‘The End’ for Terry but not for his words and wisdom
When Terry Pratchett died this week, I felt a keen sting of sadness.
View ArticleKirsty Bosley: Live, laugh, love – or just be a bit more original
Live, laugh, love. Dance in the rain. Friends are the family we choose for ourselves. Stars can’t shine without darkness. I can’t adequately express myself so here’s a generic quote in a cheap frame...
View ArticleKirsty Bosley: So, what’s the magic word in your family?
A cob is crusty, a bap is soft, a barm is northern and a roll is something you do when you’re getting out of bed.
View ArticleKirsty Bosley: Talent shows only excel in ridiculing the vulnerable
When Pop Idol – the precursor to X Factor – began, I was just 14. Little me loved the concept and I sang in my bedroom with fresh gusto.
View ArticleKirsty Bosley: Who’s really to blame for atrocities at Auschwitz?
For bags of flesh and blood, human beings never fail to astound me.
View ArticleKirsty Bosley: Ringing the changes but still keeping my call cool
Come back Encarta 95 and Nokia 3210, do!
View ArticleKirsty Bosley: Creatures great and small are worth compassion and respect
Picture the scene. The year is 2020, and aliens have arrived on earth. We still haven’t got hover boards. Tch!
View ArticleI don’t see myself as a girl, or a boy – just Kirsty
For almost three decades sexism has been something that I’ve seen, rather than something I’ve been victim of. I was brought up with my brother, who is close in age, and so we shared most experiences,...
View ArticleDon’t let the sun go down on your good manners, Elton John...
No matter who you are or where you’re from, there’s always going to be someone that thinks that they’re better than you, writes Kirsty Bosley.
View ArticleLife really does start at 60, and I’ve met the people to prove it
Age is such a strange thing. Many say that it’s just a number, or that you’re as old as you feel. But if that’s anything to go by, then I’m 100-years-old this week.
View ArticleGuilty of oversharing? It could be time to call on an old friend
Have you ever said anything so stupid that you wish the ground would open up and swallow you? I certainly have, and there’s nothing that can soothe those kinds of wounds apart from the balsam of time.
View ArticleKirsty Bosley: I’m vowing never to suppress my bostin’ accent ever again
I’ve never been one for patriotism. Watching the St George’s Cross sailing at full mast doesn’t fill my heart to bursting and I don’t get a mad desire to sing God Save The Queen when I see the Union Jack.
View ArticleKirsty Bosley: It’s life gym but not as I know it, my new relationship is...
My head down, my chest heaving and my legs going like the clappers, I spoke loudly and angrily to get the attention of my best mate Alix.
View ArticleKirsty Bosley: Sausage rolls and the Hokey Cokey, that’s what a wedding is...
At the first wedding I ever went to (I’ve only ever been to four) I wore an outfit that my mum had purchased from West Brom market.
View ArticleKirsty Bosley: Bloodstock - there's no place I'd rather be
By the time you read this, I’ll be stood in a field at Bloodstock Festival, banging my head to Napalm Death and throwing up my devil horns with delight.
View ArticleI’m wishing on a star . . . and I want to meet the best of them
You only have to pick up the tab at dinner these days to be branded a legend by your mates. Anyone who makes their way through the live rounds of the X Factor live final to bag a record deal is ‘a star’.
View ArticleKirsty Bosley: No one else has the right to frighten me, regardless of their...
When you’re walking down the street and you see someone you fancy, what’s the first thing you think of to do?
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