A sigh of relief for all the Olivers amongst you today as the name finally comes off the top of the most popular names for boys list after an eight year stint. What do you reckon replaced it? I can promise you after the royal headlines of the last few years it wasn’t Andrew. And we KNOW it wasn’t Courteney. Noah the new name topping the boys list and it has been appropriately biblical out there on the weather front today.
Ah yes. It’s all coming back to me now. I’ve had a few months away from the Snapshot but the old feelings don’t take long to return. The angst over what to focus on out of all the themes that have emerged over the weekend. The slightly niggling doubt that I shouldn’t be talking about things I don’t fully understand. The chutzpah to talk about them anyway because someone reading this might know even less. (I did say might). So what to focus on?
So a lot of Brits aren’t known for big public displays of emotion but we are world class swallowers of sobs. Olympic standard starers-into-the-distance. Market leaders of the where-on-earth-did-that-come-from strangled voice. These last few days have seen me excel at all three as I join millions of others in processing the loss of our monarch. It’s the quirky stories that give you a little insight into the lady herself that get me the most.
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