Although I’m a child of the 70s, I’ve always had a fascination with the 60s. A strange time of change and experimentation that seems so different from the world we…
At the end of last year I felt a bit tired. I’d been working hard, looking after the kids and doing a lot of political stuff on top of it.…
I’ve now been writing this blog for a year – I got an email from WordPress telling me this at the weekend – and have written on a variety of…
Years ago I remember watching a film called How to Beat the High Cost of Living It told the story of three plucky gals trying to ‘beat the system’ –…
One of the worst films I’ve ever had the misfortune of viewing goes by the title of What Women Want. The plot is wafer thin and so bad it’s almost good:…
According to the Mayan prophecy – and a few of my students – the world is going to end on Friday. This is the date the Mayan calendar runs out,…
It’s not often that I thank my lucky stars that I’m middle aged, but when I read articles like this, I’m glad I’m 42 not 22: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2012/dec/01/interns-rebel-against-unpaid-placements This article is…
One of my least favourite things about the world we live in today is the readiness of so many people – even relatively enlightened people – to bash the poor.…
Many, many years ago – OK, the late 90s to be exact – I worked on one of the first of the many ‘list shows’ I was to end up earning my…
It’s hardly a secret that I’m obsessed with the Jimmy Savile story, as the last few posts on this blog will testify. Every day I find myself googling for more…
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