by ToniKent | Apr 25, 2022 | Family, Social Mobility, Storytelling
“Toni, you need to come over – we’re having a meeting about your brother’s care.” This was a request I received from my mum c.2013. Due to my brother’s disabilities and my mum’s inability to cope, he has been within the care...
by ToniKent | Jan 19, 2022 | Performing, podcast, Stand up
Last night I delivered my first in-person stand up performance of 2022 and, at first, I was terrified! If you’d like to feel the same way, try performing in front of a very small group of people where you can make direct eye contact. And then try making them...
by ToniKent | Jan 15, 2022 | Family, Grief, Honesty, podcast, Storytelling
Hello! The podcast continues to motor along – if you’ve not subscribed, you’ll find every episode via the player on The Toni Daily page – I’m definitely not slacking off! Thanks to everyone who has joined in, sent messages of support and...
by ToniKent | Jan 12, 2022 | Family, Parenting, podcast
Do you ever miss the school run? Living in the sticks as we do it sometimes gets a bit extreme! We’ve been snowed in, flooded out, trapped by fallen trees and forced to head for the pub when the electricity went in half the village (“forced” she says...
by ToniKent | Jan 11, 2022 | podcast
If the dress doesn’t fit, what do you do? You buy underwear to try to smooth out the bumps and tit tape to hold it up and then spend the entire evening adjusting it of course! Today’s podcast is all about the story behind this dress, how the founder of...
by ToniKent | Jan 10, 2022 | Family, Main, Parenting, podcast
Do you get all dressed up for a family night out? When I was little, we used to go ‘dahn the Welly” (Wellington Social Club) and I recall a great deal of effort going into what people wore – here you see I’m sporting an excellent green velvet...
by ToniKent | Jan 9, 2022 | exercise, Family, Parenting, podcast
Ever been traumatised by a floater in a pool? I should have seen this as a warning rather than something to laugh at! Today’s episode of the podcast is all about swimming and the drama and terror that is going for a family swim. Thanks to everyone so far...
by ToniKent | Jan 8, 2022 | Main
Well today’s episode takes a turn I didn’t expect as I empty out my handbag and discover a poem that’s dedicated to my daughter. There’s also an FA Cup upset, getting back to running, remembering how amazing it was to travel for work and a...
by ToniKent | Jan 7, 2022 | Family, podcast, Social Mobility
It’s Friday! Fish and chip day today and thank Christ for that because, if it was down to me to cook, we’d be having ‘Mince Magic’. Today’s episode of The Toni Daily is about our relationship with food and how Jamie Oliver set my kitchen...
by ToniKent | Jan 6, 2022 | Family, Honesty, podcast
We’re into double digits! And what a treat I have in store for you….if you don’t mind a conversation that includes how vaginal dryness cream is marketed to women that is 😉 Today I look at how one brand markets two of its products very differently...