Coming to England at Birmingham Rep Theatre I’ve had two lightbulb experiences recently, both a result of engaging with the arts. The...

Photo by Simran Sood on Unsplash What images pop up for you when you think of the word "Mother"? If you fancy making an experiment of it,...

Imagine Imagine a world where you're free to be you Instead of being labelled pink or blue Imagine a world that's a little more true...

Read on for our selection of Christmas gift ideas from small businesses, many of them local, mum-run, and ethical. We're aiming to help...

We believe that, like us, you want to leave a planet worth living on for our babies and toddlers. So do you really want to give them more...

Emergency hospital visits and getting flooded was not what I planned for a half term holiday. They say life is what happens when you’ve...

Birmingham Opera Company's Lady Macbeth of Mtensk, 2019 Photo by Zoë Challenor “Music already belongs to everyone. The democratic wonder...

Photo credit: Original photo Anh Nguyen, butchered by Zoe Challenor For mothers everywhere this Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week 1) ...

monotony," from monotonos "of one and the same tone" It started with us winding the windows down and blasting ABBA out of the car...

I'm going to be a little blunt. Almost every time the subject of singing comes up, which, given my job, is frequently, someone will say...

Today we’re talking about comparative suffering. which I define as - dismissing or belittling your own experience because "someone else...

Photo credit: Tanaphong Toochinda When the Coronavirus pandemic hit Britain in March and lockdown was enforced - something that could be...

Poppy - Seren, age 5 How can we help little ones to make sense of Remembrance Day? A year ago today, I rocked up at Birmingham Hippodrome...

My grandpa taught me many things. He taught me to laugh by putting his beret on his head and calling it his “lid”, or wiggling his...

The idea that we can bypass structural racism if we all just send each other love and light, is being exploded out of the water.

I've spent my whole life in one way or another "finding my voice", and most of my working life helping others to find theirs, and it...

I see you crying at the kitchen sink I see you wondering where your career has gone I see you asking yourself how you are going to pay bills

I'm alternating between being really cross and realising that in their creativity, they've found a way to make their lives all sparkly again

A while ago, Youngest was liberally spraying the bed with eucalyptus essential oil. When asked what she was doing, she said “It’s...

If you’re getting to the end of the day with everyone fed, no-one dead, you need to take a moment to celebrate your own awesomeness.