Jo MitchellWhy 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 that4 min read·Nov 17, 2022----
Jo MitchellWe are all originalsWhen I told my husband I was thinking about writing a post about not comparing, he laughed. Quite hard.3 min read·May 7, 2021----
Jo MitchellTrashed: the smashing story of the Bullingdon boysBullingdon boys. One of them is running the UK. Another had a go a few years back.4 min read·Jun 18, 2020----
Jo MitchellMemories 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.2 min read·Mar 23, 2020----
Jo MitchellSunday morning songThis is a very short account of an incident that took place at my church not so long ago.2 min read·Jan 9, 2020----
Jo MitchellA 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…3 min read·Dec 23, 2019----
Jo MitchellSix 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…4 min read·Oct 7, 2019----
Jo MitchellStrange 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’4 min read·Sep 19, 2019----
Jo MitchellScratching 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…4 min read·May 3, 2019----
Jo MitchellTidings 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)…2 min read·Dec 21, 2018----