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Aida Austin

I might do a research project myself

My daughter is home from Edinburgh University, where she is doing an MA in psychology. 

Sat, 28 Jan, 2017

Aida Austin: Switching mobile phone providers

I am switching mobile phone providers. This morning, on day three of trying to activate a new phone sim card, I’m sitting at the kitchen table, in front of my laptop.

Sat, 21 Jan, 2017

Aida Austin: My legs aren’t working very well but at least they are still attached

FRIDAY night. My husband and I are in England, visiting family.

Sat, 14 Jan, 2017

Sometimes I wish I was an only child

This week Aida Austin divulges the inner workings of her sibling relationships and tells us why sometimes she just wishes she could be an only child.

Sat, 17 Dec, 2016

'Just checking to see if you’re still alive'

Aida Austin talks mishaps, dangers and accidents at her new home.

Tue, 13 Dec, 2016

This is what it's really like to be in a fancy photo shoot

Aida Austin on taking part in a photo shoot for the Irish Examiner

Sat, 03 Dec, 2016

The side of the 'Strictly' craze you'll never see ...

Aida Austin lets us glimpse inside her own ’Strictly’ diary ...

Sat, 26 Nov, 2016

Yeah, spitting on beds was quite a thing when we were kids

MY MOTHER’S eightieth birthday party - and I’m catching up with my cousins; six of them, my mother’s sister’s children, from the Italian side.

Sat, 19 Nov, 2016

My husband has just shouted, “SHIT,” and disappeared round the corner to find Wi-Fi

9am, and I am standing outside Vanessa’s flat in Brixton, checking my phone for messages left on the “Siblings” Whatsapp group that my London sister created in order to organise my mother’s 80th birthday party.

Sat, 12 Nov, 2016

It’s hard enough being a woman at the best of times, without having to worry about your husband selling you

My mother phones me at my sister’s flat. It’s 9am.

Sat, 05 Nov, 2016