My Mum's Bad Diaries

Guess what! We are onto volume SEVEN!!! It's February 1984 and mum is living in the new terrace in Burnley with Patrick. We start the episode strong with a bullet point list that includes the words 'Dad & the murder case', and also mention of a trip to the 'VD clinic' oh my lord mummy.  Our long time listeners will have flashbacks to season one when it was all about Th...

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We continue straight on with the reading in this, our part 2 of The Shift. Mum reads out a Christmas card from Doriane, and we talk about how we first learn about romantic relationships: from those we see around us. We manage to get some contemporary 'boy talk' in (as always) and then it's back to January 1984 to continue with the reading. Mum has noted in her diary that the name of...

Hello and welcome to part 1 of this mega recording, which has spawned two episodes plus multiple side chats lol. We start by chatting about my 30th birthday and where I am in the world, and we get a brief catch up with all things mum: her next novel, her knee, her recent trips to shops including purchasing a TUPAC t-shirt you heard that right. Then it's on to the reading and we are back in ea...

welcome to part 2 of the mr bali side chat which we've had sitting in drafts for ages, since recording it november last year. long-time listeners will know that there was a boy in bali last year and this is the ending of that. we've waited for it totally to blow over and fade into the distance, but figure some people may be interested in the discussion around relationships, situationship...

this is a short side chat we recorded back on 20 October last year while i was in a romantic whirlwind. facetiming for hours each night, dreaming of the future. as it turns out it didn't turn out. this is part 1 of mr bali... As always, listen to experience: cringe, giggles and some real-life shit. Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiaries and thanks for listening! We'd love to read your comment...

Welcome to our next episode, it's a biggie and I'm patching in from old London-town, plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Mum recorded a note at the beginning, about the editing approach for this one and about how she contacted her ex to check in about the project. We open up with me patching in from London, and mum talks about her morning routine (5 hours??). We tried recordin...

We're straight into the reading and it's a short ep this time around! Sorry but we were pressed for time and needed to just get it DONE. Mum has her waitressing gig at the Palais and then goes shopping at Swan St, Richmond. She's developing photos for her folio, so I'm glad she hasn't just ditched that idea (after the robbery I'd understand!) Mum talks about gran&apos...

Is it possible to spend a whole 20 mins chatting about MESS? We say yes, absolutely. We open up by talking about the problem of 'stuff' and our ongoing inability to find specific 'stuff' in the mess. I'm on the melatonin hunt (a big jar of gummies has gone missing) because I'm off to Europe and need them for the plane! I also can't find half of my travel stuff. M...

And we're back, straight into the reading with part 2 to Wunderbar. Mum is seeing a lot of Patrick; there's kebabs, hot dogs, Maccas and Pizza Hut, and we remark on how our girl eating (and going to Golden Bowl) goes out the window when there's a boy on the scene. In this episode mum manages to lock her keys in the car TWICE and gets them out herself with a coathanger. Did you know...

This is Part 1 of a mega recording sesh.  First we have an old person catch up (all things health including mum's knee and her new laser acupuncture appointments) and then it's into the reading. We're back to aerobics and something called 'lurex' in terms of exercise wear. Fom the internet: ' Lurex® is the registered trademark name for a type of yarn or woven fabric t...

We start recording while I'm out back sunning myself and mum is in studio, she understands how I like to multitask. We talk about health stuff then Summer House, and then it's onto the reading! October 1983 and mum is still picking up SCV folders and driving them around, is reading a Jackie Collins novel while being a little nervous about sleeping in the house by herself, after the robbe...

We're straight out of the gate into the reading, back in September 1983, as this is part 2 of our mega-recording sesh. Mum has a sore throat and is feeling 'rotten' so no Golden Bowl, is doped up on Sudafed and something called 'Disprin' but thinking about her photography folio for RMIT and raking in the cashola from Leader: $160 in folding this week! Her nights are spent...

Content note: we talk about food, diets and bodies + We start with a position of the planets catch up because this is an astrology podcast now. But mum isn't the only one pre-occupied with the stellium in Aries, at Coachella Madonna was as well! We acknowledge the energy has shifted, it's a bit chaotic and a bit disorganised but better all round than a couple of months ago. This is good...

Apologies to Margot, we call her 'nipples' during this side chat. Martha Sitwell is our new icon. ex eife of a baronet (who she cheerfully says rests at the bottom of the aristrocratic hieracrchy), Lady Martha Sitwell is fabulous. She lives in a rental with large sections of peeling paint (just needs a 'lick of paint') and shares her home with a magpie called Hecate -- she shar...

It's September 1983 and mum is counting coin, that's 1c and 2c pieces! But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Our intro, we range across some TV catch-ups including a quick Southern Hospitality chat and Summer House (this is PRE SCANDAL!) We talking failing men, so what's new, dating, the idea of say less (and do less) and even touch on phrenology. Then it's onto the readin...

Strap yourselves in because we get our scathe on in this side chat which is possibly our longest! We wonder if Emerald is okay. We talk about how this is a scrapbook of a film, a Pinterest board if you will. To start with we cover the plot and characterisation, we talk about the character of Isabella, sexy Joseph, the villainising of Nelly (and of course she's a Lady, she's the daughter...

And we're out of the gate with a quick acknowledgement that we're both feeling better than we did 2 weeks ago, mum is reducing her coffee, it's an ongoing odyssey for some reason, and then we move on to the graveyard of boys and their birth charts. Never give a girl your birth date and year let alone your birth time and place. It's on you! I'm hoping for a second burst of...

A catch up of all of our shows: Love Story (CBK and John John, which seems to go awry Episode 6), Summer House (sending love to Ciara), Love is Blind (and our learning a new term along with everyone else: hobosexual), Southern Charm and Craig's dirty edit, our VPR rewatch (we're up to Scandoval now) and RHOBH and our take on newbies Amanda Frances and Rachel Zoe. As always, listen to exp...

Content note: murder talk  How do Virgos rate in the serial killer stats? Pretty high. One slide we saw had Sagg at 4, Virgo at 10, Gemini at 9 and Pisces at 7. You can read more about such stats here: https://www.zodiacsign.com/article/most-common-zodiac-signs-of-serial-killers/   And yes, even though in this side chat mum says Cancer didn't feature in that particular slide in the above link...

Hello and welcome to MMBD, season 5! We have a lot for you both today (episode 1) and coming up next week (side chats plural! There's my theory about Virgos and serial killers plus a mega TV catch up). But first, a content warning for this ep: we talk about weight, we also talk about astrology as is our tendency. You've been warned. + We start off as usual with a catch up -- my new flat...

It's the last episode for Season 4! Join us for a quick Christmas debrief as we catch up on December 2025. Merry Christmas to everyone and a happy and safe New Year. We hope 2026 will be a really fabulous year for you! As always, listen to experience: cringe, giggles and some real-life shit. Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiaries and thanks for listening We'd love to read your comments or que...

This is part 2, carrying on from episode 14 which published last week. Welcome back! We are straight out of the gate, talking about a talk show called Donohue, and also about granddad and Passout Bronwyn, poor Bronwyn. We have pictures from that exact night (mum thinks) you can see on insta please don't sue us. We talk about how a Minister for Astrology woudl be a reasonable thing government...