Guestblog: Russian working mums
Love it or hate it, but such is our culture formed under the influence of the years of “socialism” followed by “perestroyka” or whatever it’s called now: most women here do work. Married or unmarried, mums or not – the society expects us to work, just as it expects us to be equal to men [...]
My alternative cabinet #ge2010
So, here we go, less than a month more of posturing, posing and patronising as each of the political parties veers between revealing their incentives to woo our votes and slinging mud at each for… er… revealing their polices to woo our votes. I have to admit that I am so disillusioned with the process of electioneering [...]
Can I live in a house?
For the last 12 years or so I have lived in a caravan and by and large I love it. The caravan is on its last legs and beyond repair but it will do until we build something else but then an unexpected opportunity came round. I was asked by a friend if I would [...]
You think working with Gordon Brown is bad…
…I wouldn’t want to work with Jack Bauer. With Gordon Brown allegedly being a workplace bully, I stopped to think – are there other people I wouldn’t want to work with? What makes a work place bully? Is it their passion not being contained? Is it their enthusiasm knowing no boundaries? Is it the unrelenting [...]
Guestblog: The modern way of parenting
When I was pondering a possible subject for this blog, I found it very difficult to think of anything that wasn’t apocalyptic in nature. I don’t know if it’s because I’m now 44, or because the menopause is presumably lurking, or because the world really is going to hell in a handbasket, but there you [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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