My New Year’s Resolution: Work Less, Live More
It’s around this time, when my bodily constitution is around 40% alcohol, 20% pigs in blankets and the remainder squishy, squidgy Camembert rolling over my waistband, that the post-Christmas regret sets in and I frantically scribble down a list of all of my favourite pastimes, whack the word STOP in front of them, and […]
Speaking Out About Sexual Abuse: The Seed Of Change
photo credit A child is like a tiny seed; a […]
Cancer Isn’t Soft, So Why Is This New Approach?
Cervical Cancer Facts:– there are over 3000 new cases diagnosed in the UK annually– it is responsible for 900 UK deaths a year– cervical screening rates are in decline, with more than 1 in 3 women ignoring their letter– diagnoses of cases in women aged 25-29 are the highest since 1999; up 60% in the […]
Familiarity: Contempt or Content?
It’s the age-old routine: girl meets boy, they fall hopelessly in love, move in together, get married, maybe have a couple of kids….then spend the rest of the relationship bickering relentlessly over whose turn it is to cook/clean/take the rubbish out/(insert tedious menial task here).Gradually the humdrum and repetition of everyday life erodes the excitement […]
Thou Shalt Not Take Shit
I’m no religious nut, but indulge me in a moment’s imaginative thinking here, if you will. When God/Allah/Will o’ the Wisp/(insert name of your chosen deity here) was sitting on a cloud, idly coming up with his “commandments” during a quiet moment when he wasn’t inventing a flesh-eating spider or unfairly distributing the world’s drinking […]
Life’s A Catwalk, Baby!
In the impressionable early years of my life my biggest role model, as is the case for most young girls, was my mother. During those few short years when she was actually taller than me (only until I was about 6 you understand – she’s tiny!), I would crane my neck upwards to admire […]
Buy Less, Do More
Having travelled to some far-flung places and met people from all walks of life, I’d say that some of the happiest, most grounded people I’ve ever met were the ones who had the least ‘stuff.’ helping at a school in Vietnam Now don’t get me wrong, I like nice things. Who doesn’t? I’m like a […]