Language and its use
I am not the youngest person in the world nor am I the eldest but I am really fed up with bad manners, poor telephone etiquette and bad speech. I would have thought with over half the planet (or so it seems) running around with a mobile either stuck to the side of their heads [...]
How close is close?
We were born and bred in Brighton but with a new business opportunity, one infant and a 2nd baby on the way we decided to move to Mid Sussex. Half-hour drive from my family didn’t seem to bother me and my children grew up knowing that family was only a drive away and that friends [...]
The hairy blogs continue… hair in the Arab world
As humans, we are hairy: derived from animals maybe; some individuals more than others; some ethnic groups more than others. In the Arab world, many norms and ethics are a mixture between customs and religious views. Dealing with unwanted body hair is one of those tricky areas. Arab men do like their women hairless, apart [...]
Lady Gardening – Beyond the Bikini Line
I am truly flabbergasted. Never mind that the whole idea of tending one’s lady garden has only recently come to my attention as being something other than pottering about in the flower beds, now I understand there are templates and dyes and all kinds of accoutrements with which to tend our nether regions! I nearly [...]
Have you heard the one about the woman driver?
A friend joked recently, via Facebook, about women and parking. My knee-jerk reaction surprised no-one who knows me; I issued an immediate challenge to a ‘reverse-off’ the next time we meet. Which I will naturally win. I have parked ambulances in London, stretch limos in Toronto and 18 wheeled tractor-trailers in Texas. So why am [...]
In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell
In her shoes is a series of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]
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