The delightful sweet scent of lilac
Many love the scent of lilac When I moved into my present home nearly 2 years ago, what would you imagine would be the first thing I did after putting the key into the door, marvelling at the space before I filled it with my stuff…? Go on, imagine what this dedicated flower girl would [...]
Oh. Should I breastfeed my 20-year-old son?
Everyone seems to be getting their knickers in a knot about TIME magazine’s current shock-horror-inyerface cover picture of a woman breastfeeding (nursing) a toddler who, though only three, looks almost ready to sign up for the under-10s rugby team at his school. Cynic that I am I can’t help picturing one of the UK’s funniest [...]
Are Opticians rip-off retailers robbing us blind?
I have been short-sighted for years and my prescription is pretty bad… -9 for my glasses which means I need to know what is about me when I get up in the night and to know where glasses and or contact lenses are as I need one or other of them to do everything. My [...]
Brainstorming – are you doing it wrong?
Imagine, a book about creativity by Jonah Lehrer. I’ve read lots of different books about creativity over the years, but this one really made my neurons light up. Lehrer is a scientist, with a background in neuroscience. Don’t panic, though – you don’t need to be a scientist to understand his writing. He has a [...]
An interview with Bryony Thomas
Each Saturday we interview a successful woman in business. 1. How did you get into your industry, did you have previous experience or work your way up? As a self-funding student doing my first degree at the University of Bristol, I needed to work. I answered an ad for telephone fundraisers and ended up joining [...]
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 [...]
Recent Comments