It’s a sign of the success of a charity, community group or small business when it can outlive its founder members. An organisation has reached its coming-of-age, when the vision of the people who set it up is so embedded, it can thrive and survive without them.
Continue reading “Review: Starting Up & Scaling Up A Human-First Business”Review: 21 Miles, Swimming in search of the meaning of motherhood
Warning: Don’t read this post if you’re interested in fertility and haven’t yet read 21 Miles, Swimming in Search of the Meaning of Motherhood by Jessica Hepburn. I wouldn’t want to ruin what could be a beautiful experience for you.
This is not so much as a review, as 21 reasons why Jessica Hepburn should step onto the stage and take a bow. Continue reading “Review: 21 Miles, Swimming in search of the meaning of motherhood”
Elizabeth is Missing
The central idea of Emma Healey’s debut novel is eccentric, very English and ingenious. Elizabeth is Missing is a detective story narrated by an elderly lady with dementia. Continue reading “Elizabeth is Missing”
Archbishop
Well, that’s a good idea for a book: Archbishop is about the first female Archbishop of Canterbury. It’s fiction, obviously. Continue reading “Archbishop”
Holy Sh*t: I understand swearing – at last
It was when my son was aged three that it started. “Bugger, bugger, bugger,” he would say when he was at nursery, at church and out and about on the bus. “I can’t think where he learnt it from,” I remember saying with exaggerated puzzlement when I regaled a friend with this tale. “It must be from his father.” Continue reading “Holy Sh*t: I understand swearing – at last”
Ignatius Loyola and Fifty Shades of Grey
So far the church hasn’t had a lot to say on what is claimed to be the best-selling book in British history – Fifty Shades of Grey, an erotic novel by EL James that has sold 5.3million copies in the UK since April. Continue reading “Ignatius Loyola and Fifty Shades of Grey”