San Francisco Women’s March – in pictures
Images from the San Francisco Women’s March.
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Why I Can’t Stop Thinking About AOC’s Shoes
There’s a reservoir behind our house with a walking track. It’s provided much needed respite on days filled with conference calls during the pandemic. One Monday lunchtime…
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Dear Albert and Bea,
2020 has been such an extraordinary year. People say things like “in the before” and the “new normal” in a way I’ve never heard before. You two are…
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Breast is good. Fed is best.
I received a lovely email from a reader yesterday thanking me for my advice about weddings, which has inspired me to come back to writing this blog. Things have moved on a little…
A letter to Albert
Dear Albert, You were born on Presidents’ Day. At 8 and a half months old you have just experienced your first Presidential election. I hoped that…
Breast is good. Fed is best.
Hillary Rodham Clinton tells 5,000 women to #LeadOn
Top 8 tips for getting hitched
8 Reasons I’m angry the UN chose Wonder Woman as their ambassador for women
When it was announced that the UN had appointed Wonder Woman as honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls I did an eye roll.…
#WhyImNotVotingForHillary
I’m not voting for Hillary because… I can’t. I may have spent the last nine months in the United States, but I’m still British, so I…
Hillary Rodham Clinton tells 5,000 women to #LeadOn
This post was first published by Her Agenda. Every time I turn on the radio, every time I go to a speech or a panel discussion, every…
We’ve come a long way baby!
Today, 20 January 2015, marks the 750th anniversary of the first parliament of elected representatives at Westminster, the de Montfort Parliament. The BBC have called it Democracy…
Why Emily Thornberry MP still has my vote
Eight years ago I was sitting in a basement in Kings Cross. I was watching a panel discussion of women political representatives from around the world.…
Putting iBabies on ice
I’ve been neglecting my blog during the last few months. But a trans-Atlantic move turns your life upside down, so I’ve tried not to be…
Let’s talk about about periods.
Not so long ago I was in the loos at work and I overheard two women hissing at each other in staged whispers next to the…
Happy 3rd Birthday blog!
I can’t quite believe it – my little blog is now three years old. When I embarked on the journey of writing a blog I didn’t…
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