September 6, 2015
by Liz
Comments Off on Small people in a big world – response to refugees
What the current refugee crisis shows me more than anything is that there are a lot of small people in a big world. On the one hand individuals and families fleeing from war and terror, reliant on their own wits, … Continue reading
April 3, 2014
by Liz
Comments Off on New dog bites off more than we can chew
Six months after the death of Flash the Dog and my daughters were increasing the frequency with which they mentioned puppies. “Wouldn’t a puppy be cute?” and “Ah, look at this one,” while pointing to pictures of small dogs behaving … Continue reading
August 23, 2013
by Liz
Comments Off on Take a break
I needed to take a break from work but I would have been happy to laze around at home idling my time away. That seemed the easy option. I felt too tired to bother with the effort of choosing and … Continue reading
August 5, 2013
by Liz
Comments Off on Goodbye to Flash
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Flash the dog. Renowned for his footballing skills and persistence with stick retrieval, Flash has died aged 11. A working Sheep Dog or Border Collie, he was born on 23rd January 2002 the son of Sid and Bonnie. He was registered in the name of Sid with the International Sheep Dog Society on24th July 2002. Continue reading
July 22, 2013
by Liz
Comments Off on Unpaid overtime. How much am I subsidising my boss?
Sometime during the last couple of weeks I caught the end of an item on the radio which had covered the widening gap between paid and worked hours. In 2011 the UK Office of National Statistics published information showing that … Continue reading
June 2, 2013
by Liz
Comments Off on Stand up for girls and women
I just saw this Tweet quoting Desmond Tutu: “Boys, it is when you stand up for girls and women that you measure up as a man.” How brilliant. How true. All my life I have been lucky enough to be … Continue reading
May 27, 2013
by Liz
Comments Off on It was hidden in the sauce
One of Jamie Oliver’s restaurants was recently in the news because it was fined for serving ordinary pasta to a customer who had specifically ordered gluten free pasta. It had “failed to exercise due diligence and take all appropriate precautions that … Continue reading
March 24, 2013
by Liz
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How old do you have to be to be a Grumpy Old Woman? 50? 60? 80? If I’m not old enough yet, I’ll settle for Grumpy Middle Aged Woman. Yes, that will be it, simple arithmetic: young women 16-39, middle … Continue reading
January 27, 2013
by Liz
Comments Off on Cost of postgraduate courses a barrier to some professions
I see from an article in the Guardian that someone is suing St Hugh’s College Oxford for refusing him a place on a postgraduate course because, despite acquiring a professional career development loan to pay for the course, he can’t prove … Continue reading
December 30, 2012
by Liz
Comments Off on A shopping experience
Well – that’s Christmas over with for another year. If we had been organised enough to realise it was coming and actually made plans, it would have been a bit of an anticlimax but we didn’t, so it wasn’t. To … Continue reading
