The Week Ahead 24-30 Nov

and words on St Catherine & Hypatia

On weekdays, between ages 0 and 3, I was deposited in my grandmother’s sunroom on a blanket under a framed print of St Catherine of Alexandria. The room was crowded with Fiddle-leaf fig, Monsteria deliciosa, Peace lily and Bird of Paradise. I imagine I had a rattle to shake, a knitted bear to cuddle and a teething ring to chew but I remember only three …