I live in a leafy village where almost everyone is white; my kids attend schools where the majority of the children and almost all of the teaching staff are white. Like you, I’ve held my breath in horror and disbelief, watching the footage of the brutal treatment of...
With the gradual easing of lockdown, return to school for some children tomorrow feels like the start of a new phase. You might be sending your children in, choosing to keep them at home, or wishing that they could go back to school. But let’s take this moment for a...
Are other people doing lock down better? They’re keeping fit and doing Joe Wicks everyday, with the kids who are obviously fully compliant. Everyone else is having more fun with their busy calendar of online pub drinks, quizzes and barbeques with the neighbours....
February 29th was my Nanna’s birthday. If she were still alive she’d be approaching 104. She was born in the west of Ireland at the time of the Easter rising. She grew up in poverty and recalled the guilt she felt after sneaking in to a neighbour’s home and stealing a...
Can you believe we are just a week in to this new decade? You may be firing on all cylinders or you may have not quite got started yet. Wherever you’re at, can I suggest you take half and hour with a cuppa, notebook and pen to pause and set yourself up for this new...
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