The news this week reports on an alarming increase in special teaching assistants to translate for Eastern European children. Despite the budget cuts, the staff are paid up to £65 [ . . . ]

I’m sure you’ve seen the hundreds of news stories surrounding Syrian refugees. This week, this picture drew my attention. A poor mother bathing her baby over a puddle in the [ . . . ]

Now-a-days, the phrase ‘Instagram sensation’ describes a lot of people who have become famous due to Instagram and the likes of Facebook & Twitter. The blog-sphere is blowing up, literally, [ . . . ]

Everyone writes lists – well I do! Regardless of how many phones, tablets or computers we have, a written list seems to be the essential tool for the brain to [ . . . ]

We can criticise the commercial aspect of Mother’s day and the card shops / flower shops who make money out of it but I think it’s wonderful. It is a [ . . . ]

What a night for Adele. I was delighted, she is my favourite singer, high up there with Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse (both sadly no longer with us). She’s back [ . . . ]

The tremendous increase in child sexual abuse is overwhelming. In the UK alone, the police spend about one billion pounds a year tackling over 70,000 cases of child sex offences. [ . . . ]

As I am a Harry Potter fan, a book by JK Rowling called Very good lives: The Fringe Benefits Of Failure And The Importance Of Imagination would always be a [ . . . ]

To mark the bicentenary of her birth on 21st April 1816, the devoted cult which has been supporting the author since her death, shows no sign of abating. The power [ . . . ]

The are three things that make me happy: writing, cooking and helping others hoping I can make them happier.  I cook for everyone I know…my biggest two loves are my [ . . . ]

Moving from Yorkshire to the south in my late teens made me create a new family. I still kept my family of course, but I did not see them every [ . . . ]

Whatever your social background celebrate who you are and where you come from. Design your own destiny. There is a sunrise and a sunset every day. You are there for [ . . . ]

Is a person’s educational success genetically predetermined? It is easier to believe that if you work hard you will do well. Carol Dweek’s growth mindset theory has been popular with [ . . . ]

I don’t know about you but I am starting to feel really affected by this weather! Keeping your spirits up on these dark, cold and rainy days can be really [ . . . ]