I first wrote about this incident in 2014 and again in 2016 to celebrate the Queen’s 90th. Now, as we are about to celebrate 70 years of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, I feel compelled to share it again. It still makes me laugh today, so without further ado, I give you: …

It has been a while, but ‘A strange comfort’ is a sequel to an earlier story, ‘Cards on the table.’ About an imagined conversation between Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell. In this sequel, the tables are turned, and Cromwell faces execution. I have taken a few liberties, but I hope…

Loathe it or love it; there is no ignoring the phenomenal Netflix series, Squid, that is currently taking the world — or at least my corner/bit of it by storm. I am in the ‘love it’ camp — totally caught up in the storytelling despite the gore, and there is…

Did you know that the Chinese symbol for listening contains five different elements? · Eyes to see · Ears to listen · Undivided attention to focus · Heart to feel · Mind to think I find this beautiful and a great way to think about how we listen but don’t…

I have been posting articles on my blogs for ten years now- my first article was published under Pittabread in March 2010. So, now feels like a good time to pause and reflect — why I blog, why as a relatively private person, I choose to share my thoughts in…

Well, it was me, and I very nearly picked up the phone on Saturday 8th May when I heard Richard Coles and Nikki Bedi on Radio 4’s Saturday Live ask guests and listeners alike to confess to past misdemeanours. After almost fifty years, it is time to ‘fess up to…

“You can have courage, or you can have comfort, but you can’t have both” — Brene Brown. One of my favourite quotes and the one I am choosing as the banner for today’s post on Inclusive Leadership. And, as a leader, if you are going to move forward with this…