I’m the daughter of a feminist who runs her own business, is legendary for her desserts and loves preaching. So it was perhaps expected that I’d grow up with an easy understanding that women are equal to men, should have equal rights and opportunities. But I also grew up in a church that struggled (still…
The sound of the church bells ringing is the ever present soundtrack when I think back on my village life childhood. Our village was small enough that you could hear the bells from it’s four corners, the cheerful peal of six cascading and rising in a dozen patterns, calling us happily to church. They rang…
I feel like it’s been October for months. Maybe because we fit a lot in – a trip to London, a big Serve the City event, a theatre trip, an international rugby game, my first time on the radio (airs in November!), our fourth wedding anniversary… The autumn is always so busy. September kicks everything…
Many of you will get a day off work this Friday, or maybe your partner will, and perhaps it’s another of those mysterious public holidays beginning with A that you’re not really sure what it’s all about. Well, yes, there’s Halloween the night before for our American readers and anyone else who’s claimed that tradition…
Two weeks ago we sneaked away for a weekend in London to celebrate our fourth wedding anniversary. It was wonderful to explore parts of the city I’d never been to before, find some amazing restaurants and cafes, and just get to spend some quality time together making plans for the coming year. Here are a…
There are days when everything seems to fall to pieces around you and the tears come fast and you cancel everything else and comfort-eat popcorn together on the sofa while watching The Office because any other activity just feels like too much. And then there are the days after that, the ones where you go…
