Have you noticed a disturbing trend in your teenager’s reading material lately? Has a change from lively and engaging child into sullen and difficult teenager coincided with them ditching adventures by the likes of Lauren Child or Michael Morpurgo for bleak futuristic fantasies about violent 16-year-olds or grimly realistic tales
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I hate that word ‘juggling’. Not because it doesn’t describe the frantic activity that consumes the lives of many of us, but because, well, when you juggle, you are usually holding onto one ball at a time. Everyone I know who ‘juggles’ – and I don’t just mean mothers of
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I am going to have a rant. Sorry, but after this weekend, I need one. What is the point of offering choice when those choices are ignored? That is the question I was left asking after the local education authority refused my child – among others – a place at
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I was at an industry ‘do’ the other day when someone I haven’t seen for a while asked ‘How are you?’ ‘I’m fine, working hard, getting lots of work’ I replied. She looked at me with the kind of concern usually reserved for elderly residents of care homes and said: ‘No,
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Hello and welcome to my new blog. I’ve been away for a while, but I’m back with a relaunched site that will continue to provide a reality check about publishing as well as reviews of books for toddlers (Babster’s Books) and life as the surrendered wife of a Frenchman (if
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This is really going to divide all of you: it’s a response to the copyright debate so helpfully aided by Ms Lily Allen. It raises the question of how on earth do you make people realise that copyright theft is theft, without looking like you are in thrall to The
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vlad and friend boris presents ‘Song for Sarah’ for mrs. Palin Hello Sarah Palin we wrote this song for you because we see you from Russia! Plz respond to our emails!! We like to hear from you!! words 2 song soon as i wayk up in the morning i go
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Hmmm, that is probably not the best headline for a woman who has just had a baby (it’s a G Glitter song, in case you wondered what I am talking about). But it is appropriate in one way, because I have take a long break from my website thanks to
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I think our cat Syb has been moonlighting for the movies. Enjoy…
can I just say that I am not alone in finding the word “bump” when referring to pregnancy, especially when uttered by a certain type of man, well creepy. Really creepy, It isn’t a bump, it’s a belly and it isn’t fat it’s a foetus. Bumps happen to heads and shins not bellies full of baby. Right I think I need to sit down and have a cuppa (caffeine free of course).
