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 […]
How do we talk to children about Trump?
“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 as preposterous as Trump becoming the president of the United States had happened. Boy Three is seven. If he’s going to be scared of anything, it should be bogie […]
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 […]