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 bothers me deeply that t...

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 essential!” Then paused, an...

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.

I opened the garden waste bin to put some chopped branches in, and a beautiful orange tip butterfly fluttered and flew out.

Deciding that “getting some fresh air and exercise” does not qualify as child abuse, we relaxed and carried on

In January 2017 I went to hear our then lodger Roza play a solo harpsichord lunchtime concert.  She played brilliantly.  And something happened that day that...

I rocked up at Birmingham Hippodrome yesterday morning for the B'Opera sessions to be told "The Hippodrome will be observing a two minute silence at 11 o'clo...