Current Affairs Round-up: Responses to the EU referendum result
Sometimes it can be hard to find enough posts for my round-up. Politics isn’t always at the top of the list of things to write about for those with busy …
Chocolate is not the only fruit
Arts & Culture round-up: The cruellest month
TS Eliot wrote that April is the cruellest month. But I reckon the toughest weeks of the year lie in February. Cold, dark and gloomy, with the Christmas festivities a …
Politics Round-up: Elections, books and when to have a baby
I will start with the big political story of the past month, the recent elections which saw UKIP do well both in local council and European elections. Swazi from Chocolate …
Politics Round-up: Young voters & food poverty
My daughter turns 18 in three months time, just a little too young to vote in the European and Local elections at the end of this month. Mary from Keynko‘s …
Politics Round-up; Budgets and Striking
George Osborne announced his 2014 Budget on the 19th of March. You can read the key points in this piece in The Guardian. But what did bloggers make of it? …
Politics Round-up; Changes, Childcare Costs and Boobs.
I will start with something I missed last month. Jax at Live Otherwise added her post on the concept of basic income, and her follow up on the same theme …
Good Reads December 2013
As we hurtle towards 2014 there is still little chance to sit and reflect on 2013 which will, I imagine, be remembered above all else as the year that the …
Politics Round-up: #educationmatters Save The Children
It has been a busy month in the political arena- America has shut itself down, it has been party conference season, there was a fairly major press vs politicians spat, …