Suzanne Harrington: Pretending I am an actual hermit — the menopausal woman's dream

I’m like a superannuated Snow White, my birdfeeder bringing all the birds to the yard

Suzanne Harrington: "The idea of fox cubs in the garden is making me more excited than grandchildren."

Great news that the Government has decided you won’t need planning permission to put a posh shed in your garden in which to stash your adult children/granny. 

I’ve been living in mine for more than a year now, and every day is Virginia Woolf day — not only a room of one’s own, but living in a posh shed in the garden means I get to pretend I am an actual hermit — the number-one fantasy of all menopausal women.