Why it’s time to stop forgetting our foremothersThe UK statute book once contained a law to ensure a disease-free supply of women for exploitation — here’s the woman who changed thatNov 17, 2022Nov 17, 2022
We are all originalsWhen I told my husband I was thinking about writing a post about not comparing, he laughed. Quite hard.May 7, 2021May 7, 2021
Trashed: the smashing story of the Bullingdon boysBullingdon boys. One of them is running the UK. Another had a go a few years back.Jun 18, 2020Jun 18, 2020
Memories of a mini-break to Tower HamletsA few weeks ago, in a different time, I went on a mini-break to Tower Hamlets with four friends.Mar 23, 2020Mar 23, 2020
Sunday morning songThis is a very short account of an incident that took place at my church not so long ago.Jan 9, 2020Jan 9, 2020
A Christmas song for my sisters (plus some Stormzy)This is a photo of my twin sisters, Abi and Elisabeth, and me in our grandparents’ garden in Halifax, northern England. I’m still quite…Dec 23, 2019Dec 23, 2019
Six lessons from life with a 17-year-old daughterAfter we decided that we’d like to share a future, the boy I fell in love with and I used to imagine what our first child might be like…Oct 7, 2019Oct 7, 2019
Strange and stormy days — and some ancient wisdom for finding a way through‘All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us’Sep 19, 2019Sep 19, 2019
Scratching beneath the surface: an Oxford observationDistinguished colleges built centuries ago in distinctive honey-coloured stone line the streets of the city I call home. Behind their…May 3, 2019May 3, 2019
Tidings of comfortA few months ago, I moved from the edge of a city to the heart of a village. The house I now call home is old and (sometimes painfully)…Dec 21, 2018Dec 21, 2018
