It’s a long day, Christmas. Whether you’re out in the morning to church services, or dozing ‘till midday on the sofa while the kids frantically unwrap your offerings, you’ll need a regular caffeine hit to make sure you’re not totally wiped out by the big day. And you know we’ve got a coffee to accompany […]
It’s almost here, everybody. The most wonderful, albeit expensive, time of the year. But before the big day, there’s some hard graft ahead of you. Hours of traipsing around department stores, scrolling through Amazon sales and weighing up whether it’s alright to give Uncle Steve a novelty toiletries set for the third year in a […]
1. It means Christmas has officially started Admit it. You’re one of those people that has their head turned by the boxes of Quality Street that start to appear in shops around early November. But there’s no need to watch strangers scoff at your prominent light display as they pass by your house, not anymore. […]
It’s hard, when Christmas rolls around, not to be transfixed by the thought of roasted parsnips and Baileys nightcaps. Shiny wrapping paper, second-rate celebrities switching on the Christmas lights, stockpiled AA batteries for all the bleep-bloopy toys the kids are going to get. It’s a whirlwind of excellent excess. For some, anyway. For others, there’s […]
Rome wasn’t built in a day. Dough takes an hour to rise, novels take months to write – and whether you think the world was created in seven days, or that humans evolved over millions of years, good things take time! Gender equity, not to mention gender equality, is definitely one of those things. The […]