I watched and enjoyed Vardy v Rooney, a dramatisation of the Wagatha Christie trial that took place last year. It seems very likely to me that Rebekah Vardy had been…
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Category: Personal & Family Life
I’ve devised a framework for deciding whether to give up on a book. It’s designed for me and my particular reading issues, but it might be universally applicable. I’m very…
One recent epiphany I had while mulling over where my time goes was that I could do more with my mornings. I was staying up late, not doing anything particularly…
My older son turned three at the end of the year, and it was the first time his birthday felt like what you think of as a kid’s birthday with…
Every time I blink now the baby has made some kind of developmental leap. He’s grown into a strapping lad, even though his meals have started to get cut short…
Since having children I’ve changed my opinion on whether punctuality is a choice. Before: yes. Now: yes but really no. I read a post on LinkedIn recently that illustrates the…
I’ve been pondering what I heard someone say on Instagram about parenting. She said you can only ever have one of these three (when your children are around, presumably): peace,…
The baby has some verbal communication skills now. He can respond to questions by shaking his head (meaning ‘no’) or reaching his hand out (meaning ‘now’). He can say ‘nanna’…
The sentencing of Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos infamy this week gave me lots to think about. I’m broadly speaking a law-and-order conservative, so my sense of justice was rewarded by…
Various close brushes with events of life-altering potential have made me reflect on cliché things like ‘what really matters’. I’m a bad one for obsessive introspection and trying to lead…