I’ve been a bit surprised by the flaring up of the ‘Racism in Football’ issue this week. Not that it wasn’t horrible, it’s just that it doesn’t come as a surprise to me. Time after time these over grown, over paid schoolboys behave atrociously and there’s a little outcry, a slap on the wrist and then everything […]
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Speak Up and Speak Out
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. Usually I would have known it was coming up but this year I’m ashamed to say I had to see it trending of Twitter before I remembered. The pressures of working and looking after a young family especially in this period of economic uncertainty tends to distract us from […]
What changed in 2011?
Now Christmas is over it seems like I should stop and take stock of the year before it’s gone. 2011 has whooshed by in a flash (is that just me getting old?) but, when I think about it, life this New Year’s Eve is very different to the last. Last New Year’s Eve I watched […]
Where next?
Today’s guest poster is Corinne who blogs at A Journey Through Motherhood. You can also follow her on Twitter. She is a stay at home mum of three boys with a passion for environmental issues and today she is telling us about the job she used to have and what she would like to be doing next. I was […]
Is it wrong to send my son to a private school?
I went to a state school, a good one. I did well, passed all my exams and got to a good university. I always assumed my kids would go to a state school but now we have to pick a school for E I’m not so sure. I was pregnant with E when we moved into […]
Why I’m striking tomorrow
Like many people I have a pension with my employer. I pay into it every month. A hefty 6.5% of my salary, in fact. I have done this for years and have paid in thousands of pounds. When I signed up to this contract my employer agreed that they would take my contributions and in return […]