A woman made the first dragon, thousands of years ago.
She was struggling as she laboured. She had borne children before, and knew that all was not well with this one. She felt her body struggle and grow weak. The expressions on the faces around her had moved, these last long days, from encouragement to concern [...]
Radio 4 is our station of choice in the kitchen. (And not only because I am not very good at tuning the radio.) In the morning, that means the Today programme, which generally gives me enough about what’s going on in the world to see me through until the 10pm TV headlines.
The bit of Today [...]
This month, I’m excited to be featured in Sainsbury’s Magazine, along with other women who haven’t had the easiest of times recently, talking about what makes Christmas special for us. (A digest of my answer: 1. Because we get to focus on the people we love. 2. Although I love Christmas, I think every day [...]