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Dolly's Blog: Brideshead Revisited

I was on the train to my 30-year university reunion when I noticed that my evening dress either had soy sauce stains or the remnants of having sprayed myself with JD and Coke whilst dancing.  I ... Read More

Eliza's blog: Positivity In A Challenge

It’s been a while since I have written one of these and it’s safe to say that a lot has happened since we last spoke. Some of the highlights include a new boyfriend, a subsequent break-up... Read More

Lee's blog: Change Happens

Did anyone else blink and realise that it’s October? Since my last blog on the joy of the summer of which I am still basking in the afterglow I have found that summer rushed into back to school... Read More

Samantha’s blog: The 15-Year-Old and Me

My child is 15 and has autism, learning disabilities, limited communication skills and vocabulary. He still needs help with basic tasks like washing and dressing, and he cannot be left on his own. Th... Read More

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Linda's Blog: Surviving or Thriving?

I've just clocked up 21 years since qualifying as a solicitor which, aside from making me feel old, makes me think back to my first job and how I doubted I'd reach my first anniversary, let a... Read More

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Rachel's blog: From Sunlight to Shadows

I feel like the autumn champions started earlier this year; clamouring all over my socials for their pumpkin spice latte and ushering in the colder nights so they can 'cosy up' in their favou... Read More

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Sheila's blog: We All Need a Little Help Sometimes

I ask for help a lot. With Secondary Progressive MS, I need help into a taxi, help from my daughters, help from strangers, help from my husband. Help comes in many forms: sometimes intimate, sometime... Read More

Sioux's blog: The Power of Living in the Moment

My husband and I have recently been reflecting on why living in the moment is so important. It all started with a conversation about why he had decided to buy some credits in a computer game he was p... Read More

Jill's blog: What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

I used to find it amusing that my mother always said she didn’t know what she wanted to be when she grew up. This was for two reasons: 1 - She was already grown up 2 - I (thought) I k... Read More

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Anushka's blog: Small actions, big consequences

I recently saw a social media post, ‘Why am I recycling when Taylor Swift takes 170 private jet flights a year?’. It irked me as this nihilistic attitude of ‘I am just one of 8... Read More

Barbara's blog: Reframing The Rulebook

A few weeks ago, I was interviewed for a podcast. It was one of a series, authored by the Design History Society, which explored the career paths of students that had taken their master’s degre... Read More

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Ruban's blog: Into the Unknown - School Trip Sagas

“Would anyone like to go next...?” I raise my hand hesitantly, unsure if I've been through enough to be worthy of sharing my story. My mouth is dry, and I pause before the words ... Read More

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Devinder's blog: It Was Always About the Money

It’s only when you step away from a situation that the truth begins to surface. You see things clearly—what was really going on beneath the surface. I’ve never managed to susta... Read More

Dolly's blog: Somewhere in a field in Hampshire... all right

It was actually a field in Suffolk and we were definitely not sorted out for Es and wizz, but in the spirit of Jarvis Cocker I was heading to a music festival for the first time since my 20s; the lat... Read More

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Lee's blog: Making Summer A Verb

In my youth I was obsessed with the type of books and TV shows that depicted rich American families who did not take holidays in the way in which I understood holidays existed but rather they “... Read More

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Linda's Blog: I'll Be There For You

The soundtrack to the Friends tv show was the background to my teenage years.  It amused me when Friends had a resurgence in popularity a few years ago and a new generation were enjoying it as m... Read More

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Rachel's blog: Stomping Grounds

noun: stomping ground a place where someone regularly spends time; a favourite haunt I've recently started a new job and, along with the natural nervousness and apprehension of getting t... Read More

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Sioux's blog: We’re All Going On A Summer Holiday… Or Are We?

It’s that time of year again, the school summer holidays are just around the corner, there is sun in the sky and many people are preparing themselves for a trip abroad. I was meant to be going ... Read More

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Sheila's blog: Hope As Possibility

“Hope you have a good day.” “I hope it doesn’t rain.” “I hope you’re well.” We say the word hope all the time. It slips into our conversations so easily that we barely notice it. A kind word, a war... Read More

Jill's blog: Superwoman, I am not

Is part of getting older realising that you simply cannot do it all? I don’t know about you, but when I was younger I may have secretly believed that I was invincible. That I could fall ou... Read More

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Charlotte's blog: The Big Care Debate

A few years ago, my partner and I faced a tough decision.  My elderly father’s mobility was declining, and since my mother had died, he struggled to manage on his own.  We all agreed ... Read More

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Anushka's blog: Running Away From Stress and Negativity

My love for running started in childhood.  I remember a school disco.  A few popular girls had been asked to dance.  Everyone else, looked on like wallflowers, apparently unaware of th... Read More

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Barbara's blog: Tails From The Trail

Boomer knows how to tell the time. Like all dogs, his sense of smell is so keen that he can track the tiny changes in our scent in the air and associate it with a specific time of the day. Like walki... Read More

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Ruban's blog: The Very Long Goodbye

“Aaaand stop! Can someone please halt time?!!” How many of you have uttered the phrase 'time is flying' in the last few weeks, probably on multiple occasions? Great Scott! Hasn... Read More

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Devinder's blog: It Took Me 8 Years...

I am the mother of a child.  This means that my son’s needs come first.  I wake up and make sure his school clothes have been ironed, his breakfast is ready, his homework has been com... Read More

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Dolly's blog: The Reboot

Few things focus the mind like a 30-year university reunion.  I think of the reunion scene in Grosse Pointe Blank when John Cusack’s character says “I’m a professional killer&h... Read More

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Eliza's blog: Third Time's The Charm

It’s safe to say that moving flats has become a common theme in these blogs; but you know what they say, third times a charm. In March, I again moved to a different flat, this time with one of ... Read More

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Lee's blog: Tell Me Why

I have a number of important and often conflicting priorities in my current stage of life , listed in no particular order of importance : my children, my family, my relationships, my friendships, my ... Read More

Linda's blog: Time To relax

I found myself sitting alone in a quiet house. The birds were singing and the sun was shining through the windows. Everything was still.  We’d rented a cottage for a week and it was t... Read More

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Rachel's blog: These Are The Good Old Days

It’s often the sun on my face that does it – funny that, isn’t it?! The warm feeling on my skin makes me think of days gone by; memories made in simpler times. It reminds me of... Read More

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