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Last month the UK government announced an increase in mental health funding by 1.3 billion. This should be welcomed news, but I have my doubts. The total disregard and intentional underfunding of the NHS means I can’t help but wonder whether this is just another tactic to stop us thinking about Grenfell or DUP rather then a true […]
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#bye2016 seemed to sum up the general feeling towards 2016. From the heartfelt loss of celebrated creative spirits, the political Brexit and Trump disasters, to the alarming rate at which our society and enviroment are being bullied to the point of no return – 2016 has been quite shitty. Although world affairs greatly angered me […]
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Hello Guys, My stats tell me that I haven’t posted for the whole of September… As a teacher, this is no surprise. But it’s not just the new academic year To Do lists that have kept me at bay from my blog. I have also been busy building a brand new website with one of […]
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So the Olympics are almost over (as is the Summer if today’s weather is anything to go by…) but there are still plenty of reasons to smile this August in London. Not only is it the Notting Hill Carnival next weekend – but on Friday 26th – Saturday 27th August, Grace Foods UK is holding its first […]
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Ahhhhh what a difference a break makes! The bubba and I escaped to Sweden for a week. Housed in a beautiful summer house just outside Stockholm, our hosts brought the warmth and quirky humour of the Swedes to life. Although not brave enough to take a full dip in the beautiful but very very […]
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On to lighten the mood a little.. I decided to accept the 3q3d challenge from the lovely Suze. Full rules below X 1. Once I understood this it changed my life and self perspective in ways I could never have imagined. 2. You have to be courageous to risk failure. This is something I realised […]
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…But the world at the moment is playing out like a bad 90s disaster movie… I mean Boris for Foreign Secretary? As in Mr Brexit Break It Don’t know How to fix it? And then we have the Labour Party trying to destroy the first true Labour leader (pronounced decent human) that it’s had […]
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Our world feels unstable at the moment. Brexit. Trump. Backstabbing. Resignations. Scapegoats. Uturns. New Laws. Innocents murdered. Victims villianised. Cognitive dissonance. I can’t keep watching the news and hearing people talk of not being racist then proceeding to find excuses for condoning the murder of a black person by an officer sworn to uphold the […]
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At first it seemed ridiculous to believe that people would believe that all of England’s problems were the result of the EU and of course those “terrible immigrants”. We laughed about it in the staff room. The same staff room where for the past year, disgruntled colleagues have viciously blamed and attacked the Head […]
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Utter disbelief. The results of the London mayoral elections lulled me into a false sense of security. A belief that the British could not be fooled by racial propaganda or scapegoating. I was fooled by common consensus in social and wider circles and the general sense of bewilderment at the hypothetical nature of the Brexit “political” arguments…and […]
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What would you do if you had two homeless people living in your gas cupboard? Stepping outside of my front door this morning, I was greeted by a shiny Maserati sparkling in the early morning light. As I drifted off, wondering which “new Brixton” resident was trying to muscle in on parking this time, the […]
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How many times have you had to politely smile, nod your head or feign interest when the village (well meaning friends and family members) comment on your baby’s weight?
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A tantrum in public is a WMD in a toddler’s arsenal in the battle of wills against mummy. The other day My Little Toddler (MLT) and I were meeting friends at the South Bank. What is normally a jovial 15 minute bus ride became an arduous expedition: a groundhog of a journey spent explaining and apologising. MLT was exhausted […]
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