I thought that blog comments were out of style – so last year – turns out that I just wasn’t writing posts that anyone had anything to say about. So that’s something I learned. People will talk to you if stop trying too hard and just say what’s on your mind. Other things I learned […]
How do we talk to children about Trump?
This was written two years ago, but still applies. Only now we can add Brexit into the mix as something scary that makes no sense to anyone, especially children. “Donald Trump scares me,” said Boy Three, tousled from his bed and clutching a toy penguin. The statement was more alarming than the news that something […]
Proposing a Bechdel Test for journalism.
I still get cross thinking about it. The story in The Times about spectacularly successful and influential Helena Morrissey and how she copes with her nine children and the fact that her husband is of the ‘house’ persuasion. A successful person with quite a few children is happy to leave them in the care of […]
Royal prank – horrible story but no one committed murder
No one dialed for murder And not even nearly…The news that the nurse who was taken in by prank calling Australian DJ’s may have committed suicide is truely awful. Not least because she leaves two teenage children.But there’s a savage noise building. It’s the sound of howls of indignation and outrage as Tweeters bay for […]