#TruePrue

#TruePrue is my soapbox. I haven’t got to 80 years old without seeing a good bit of life...

– the good, the bad and the damn right terrible and I don’t want to stand by and say nothing. I’ve always been a touch too opinionated and forceful, not to say indiscreet, and though I have tried to moderate my outbursts over the years, I’ve given up now.

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Whether it’s campaigning for Dignity in Dying, the organisation trying to legalise the right to die if you really want to, or advocating prisoners getting a second chance in Clink prison restaurants, or improving food in hospitals, or teaching Home Economics in schools and Universities, I’m happy to have a go. Sometimes it seems to me that old women, sometimes all women, are all expected to listen meekly while men hold forth on things they know nothing about.

But don’t worry, #TruePrue isn’t going to be all strident feminism and outrageous opinions. I’m as likely to celebrate the best chefs in the world (did you know that Clare Smyth of Core Notting Hill has been named Best Woman Chef in the World and Third Best Chef in the World) or chattering about romantic novels, or my struggles with the bloody bindweed choking my roses, or cooking with my grandchildren.

I do hope you will enjoy #TruePrue. Let me know, please.

Snapped- My Achillies Tendon!!!
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Snapped- My Achillies Tendon!!!

Snapped Achillies Tendon- first published in The Spectator 28th August Picture the scene: We are filming the opening link for Great British Bake Off. Here am I in the woods,...

The Best Laid Plans – A short story for Waitrose by Prue Leith
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The Best Laid Plans – A short story for Waitrose by Prue Leith

“It will be fine darling, stop stressing.”   Helen knew she was driving Jake mad with her worries about Christmas. She must try not to fuss. “I’m not stressing. Honestly....

Hospital Food
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Hospital Food

Hospital Food       Prue Leith Feb 2017 I wrote this article in 2017 for  Harry Mount at The Oldie. At a conference on improving hospital food Steve Cenci,...

My Lock down Book reads
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My Lock down Book reads

Lock down has given me a chance, at last, to read a book a week – I’m a really slow reader – and slightly diminish the pile of books waiting...

The Platinum Jubilee
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The Platinum Jubilee

I know the Platinum Jubilee was a while ago now, but I’ve not really come down from Cloud Nine.  I was, of course, flattered and delighted to be one of...

Food Education
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Food Education

Lead Association for Catering in Education Conference Birmingham, 11 July, 2019  I don’t know what’s the matter with government:  To me it’s perfectly obvious that we only have one opportunity...