Alison James

1 week ago | thesun.co.uk | Alison James

WITH her vibrant wardrobe and impeccably styled hair, there’s no denying that Prue Leith knows how to look the part. Yet, the Great British Bake Off judge believes there’s a limit to how much time women should spend on their appearance - and she wishes we’d all stop obsessing over every detail of our lives. For Prue, 85, the focus on self-image has gone too far. “I do get irritated by the endless self-absorption and constant ‘me, me, me’ stuff,” she says.

Nov 13, 2024 | silvermagazine.co.uk | Alison James

Slopes, snow, and sledging – Alison James heads to Austria to find out if she’s suited to the Alpine lifeSkiing first time? Well yes, me too. I was never a what you might call a sporty kid. Netball was a no-no due to my challenged hand to eye co-ordination. I was always stuck in goal on the hockey field, decidedly ungainly in gait as I staggered around swaddled in thigh-high leg pads. My tennis style was described as ‘wild’ – and not in a good way.

Oct 24, 2024 | theguardian.com | Alison James

My stepmother, Wilhelmina Tempest, who has died aged 94, was one of the last survivors of wartime Japanese internment camps. She then retrained as a nurse, going to Britain to pursue an interest in burn injuries and plastic surgery. Her grandfather was a Dutch protestant missionary in West Papua. When the second world war reached Sumatra (then a Dutch colony) in 1942, her father, Willem van Hasselt, was the headteacher of a bush school.

Sep 11, 2024 | franklincountytimes.com | Alison James

Franklin County folks recall September 9, 2011. Adam Carter – “I remember being at technical school for the Air Force and being told the country has just been attacked and thinking our way of life in the military was definitely about to change. Every television within our dorms (other branches call them barracks) was tuned into the news, and for hours on end, all we watched was the aftermath.”Kristin Skidmore Lynch – “I was in seventh grade at Russellville middle school, Mrs. Cross’ history class.

Aug 20, 2024 | m.franklincountytimes.com | Alison James

It took making a couple wrong turns for Craig Bullion to find his way to the military path. The 36-year-old Russellville man served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2009-2013, and he cites it as one of the best decisions he’s ever made – but it wasn’t an automatic choice in his life. Bullion played college baseball and had a stint as a Franklin County Sheriff’s Office corrections officer, but something wasn’t clicking.