Two weekends ago, after a busy week and a wedding Saturday lunchtime, Gayle surprised me by getting her parents to come and stay over (to look after Reuben) and whisking me off to London to go and see Wicked. Wow. …

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Here in the UK the news has been dominated by reports that Jon Venables, one of the two boys who murdered toddler Jamie Bulger in 1993, has been returned to jail after breaching the terms of his licence. Watching Question …

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Forget the amusing story that the children on the latest atheist bus campaign are in fact sprogs of Evangelicals. What’s more hilarious is the thinking behind the campaign – “Please don’t label me – Let me grow up and choose …

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If you are a new mother (or an experienced mother..) you may well recognise this title as that of the world-renowned Gina Ford’s controversial book. I say ‘controversial’ because it has been in our house. The premise of the book …

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