I’m not one to write in coffee shops, around other people or even with music in the background. I need silence and solitude. Years ago, a friend built me a ...
At the age of forty-two, I came to the realisation that I had spent most of my life in the sights of a passive-aggressive, covert narcissist. A therapist called Jane had ...
- Before my 13th birthday, and in my first year at secondary school, I ran the 100 metres in 11.7 seconds. Once only, though. I never managed that time again, ...
Working mums are often consumed with the pervasive underlying concern of whether they are making the right choices or not. Much of the stress is because there aren’t enough hours ...
Firstly, thank you to Female First for having me on here – I’m a longtime admirer of your blog and it’s always so inspirational and uplifting. So please keep up ...
With the whole world going through some, well, stuff right now, is it the wrong time to be joking around or is that precisely what we need? Is laughter ever ...
- I can still vividly remember the morning I fell in love with elephants. The sun had just risen above the distant hills and as it lit up the valley ...
- Having children is your choice. Not having children is a perfectly valid decision. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise: not your family, not your friends, and certainly not complete ...
When gathering the sheep from the moors I have often looked down onto Ravenseat, sitting as it does in its little hollow, and been ‘tekken’ with the aura of contentment ...
Glenda Young’s latest gritty saga set in 1919 – Pearl of Pit Lane – is out now in paperback. It’s about a poverty-stricken young girl who tries to escape from ...
Cooking for yourself is a life skill, but is it something that your child should learn from a young age? The resounding answer is YES because it is not just ...
We Are the Hood, www.wearethehood.com, is a new, all female-founded British brand on a mission to ‘redesign the world with women in mind’. Founded by two passionate women, Maria Purcell ...
A little earlier this year, Ray Quinn announced he would be returning to the music industry with a brand new collection of music, marking his first album release in 13 ...
By Emily Horner @EmilyAMHorner International Woman's Day was Sunday March 8, 2020- which has been celebrated annually on this date since 1911. Leeds Literature Festival celebrated the day on their third ...
I'm an author who prefers to write in cafés. It's less lonely and the coffee is better. One morning not long ago, I was sitting in my local coffee-shop, when ...
For most part an author’s job is about sitting at the desk and just getting the words written down. It’s a solitary profession and I think being an only child ...
I deeply hate carrying things (see: I refused to wear my winter coat even though it’s winter in Chicago, because I didn’t want to carry it), so my backpack is ...
There are millions of reasons I could tell you why it is important to teach your child to read about autism. Nobody can even estimate how many autistic people there ...
By Kevin Palmer, @RealKevinPalmer Maisie Williams admits she suffered from withdrawal symptoms as she walked off the Belfast set of Game of Thrones for the last time, but now she is ...
I grew up in and around Brixton during the eighties and nineties, and I have very fond memories of my childhood. During this time there was a real sense of ...