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A letter to Nicola Sturgeon

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Dear Nicola I was sorry to hear your news about the miscarriage. Now you’ve joined the sad and sorry ranks of women who lost a baby. Welcome. There are quite a lot of us, aren’t there? Some of us went on to have children, others didn’t – they couldn’t or decided the risk was too […]

So sorry about the mess?

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A little bit of bunting to draw the eye away from everything else… How many times have you said that to visitors? Yeah, me too.  Even on the occasional times when there was no mess, no clutter of toys, no cobwebs, no stains, no odd smells and no dust, I said it. Only then I […]

International Women’s Day – what does making it happen really mean?

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A Sunday ponder: International Women’s Day. What’s it all about? Of course I’m in support, why wouldn’t I be? Obviously, it’s important and, without doubt, the rights of women, their safety and equality should be at the top of everyone’s agenda.  There are women and girls in the world who can’t get education, who are […]

Time off for your period – don’t be bloody ridiculous

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Astonished. Really, I am. Apparently 42 per cent of people* think women should have paid leave every month during their period. (*Not a controlled and scientific survey, but the result from the nutsometer that is the This Morning Twitter vote. But still…)The idea came about because Gedis Grudzinskas, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology, thinks it will boost […]