Be Proud of Where You Come From
‘How come I never get invited round to your house for tea?’ my friend Jane asked one day as we embarked upon another epic game of French skipping in the school…
Read MoreAchieving Your Resolutions the One-a-Day Way
Is it raining where you are? Is January doing her worst? Is it gloomy and dark and cold and uninspiring? Is Donald Trump about to become ‘leader of the free…
Read MoreWhen Life Knocks You Down – Keep Saying YES
The other day I was thinking back to a rock-bottom time in my life. A time when I seriously couldn’t see how things could get any worse … and I…
Read MoreQuestion Everything
‘We’d like you to become a school prefect,’ my Head of Year told me as we stood in the middle of the windswept playground. He’d just shown me a register…
Read MoreThe Sweet Creativity of Doing Nothing
This is my bed. I spent most of last Sunday here, doing nothing. Doing nothing but drinking ginger tea and eating fruit cake and DAYDREAMING. For so long I thought…
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