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Linda's blog: The dangers of rose tinted glasses
Last autumn, still raw with guilt for prioritising work over my children during lockdown, I vo...
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Jon's Blog: We're all going on a summer holiday
It feels like the summer holiday has taken up more than its usual share of time and energy thi...
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Uchenna's blog: Diary of a burgeoning activist
When I first heard my daughter, Commander-in-Chief Senior, utter "maybe later?" in r...
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Sonya’s Blog: Returning to the office after a pandemic
When I returned to work after having my son in 2016, I found the process really stressful and ...
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Victoria's blog: Feeling valued
In my previous post, I looked forward to some nice routine surgery for a break from my work an...
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Ruth's blog: Last week of term
I am writing this on Monday evening, this being the last week that my daughter will spend in R...
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Maggie's blog: Masks off, diary full, so why am I not rejoicing?
As I write this Boris has just announced that from 19th July masks, and all of the other COVID...
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Becoming a Working Parent
Laura Nakano and Abigail Hadley from Accenture talk to us about the transition to working pare...
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Marion's blog: One hour at a time
This pandemic has been raging on now for what feels like forever, but in reality, is a little ...
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Brendan's blog: Being a Dad at 18 months
It's been an eventful year and a bit since becoming a new dad, and the fun and new ex...
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Caroline M's blog: Failing
I suspect I won’t be alone in saying there were many days throughout the lockdowns where...
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Ally's blog: Your back-to-the-office training programme
At one point the declaration was made that the office was dead - long live WFH! But no s...
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Ruban's blog: A Hybrid World: Looking forward to going back or looking back to go forward?
As the thought of being crushed to death in those tube-shaped sweatboxes loom large on the hor...
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Eternity Leave
Simon Kettlewell has spent the last 20 years raising and caring for his 4 children. His latest...
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Barbara's blog: The persistence of memory
My Italian mother broke her femur on 23 June 2020, just as lockdown was easing in Italy. She s...
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Dolly's blog: London baby
And it goes a little something like this… After 15 months maroon...
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Struggle: Finding the Light in Darker Times
Productivity specialist and author Grace Marshall talks to us about her new book 'Struggle...
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Linda's Blog: Let's talk about grief
Trigger warning: grief In a few weeks it will be the 5th anniversary of my mum&rsq...
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Jon's blog: Meh?
There's something about the word "meh" that just tickles me. It's so c...
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Uchenna's blog: Life lessons from the tooth fairy
When we run out of household items these days, the tooth fairy is our go-to banker. A lov...
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Sonya’s Blog - Friends at two metres
My son started school in September 2020. Whilst it was in the midst of global pandemic i...
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Victoria's blog: Burning out
I like googling the symptoms of ‘burn out’ during my copious free time. It gives m...
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Ruth's blog: How was your weekend?
[Monday morning. Two colleagues start a video call] Hello! Happy Monday...
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Talking Flexible Working
Helen Beedham talks to Pia Ellis and Mark McMahon, Co-Chairs of HSBC’s FLEX Network abou...
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