2 Olive TerraceThe Danger of the new Parenting Priests and Why you Shouldn’t Believe Everything They SayWow, parenting is hard. By god (whichever one you might believe in), aren’t we in need of some guidance? But gosh, isn’t there just such a…6 min read·May 7, 2024----
2 Olive TerraceWhy death is at the top of my to-do listA few friends came round for dinner. One of them had recently lost his best friend very suddenly to a heart problem. He talked about…5 min read·Apr 30, 2024--2--2
2 Olive TerraceI don’t know love at allI’ve seen visions of you, read words about you and glimpsed you around a corner but as to your face, I don’t know if you’re smooth or…3 min read·Apr 23, 2024----
2 Olive TerraceWhy I scream at treesI’ve screamed at trees. Laid down on the floor in the kitchen in the dark, stuffed a tea towel into my mouth and screamed into that. I’ve…4 min read·Apr 19, 2024----
2 Olive TerraceWhy Britain is the most child unfriendly country in the worldI recently moved back to the UK from Abu Dhabi. Alone with two boys, 4 and 7, after the breakdown of my marriage. I was looking forward to…4 min read·Apr 13, 2024--1--1
2 Olive TerraceBut who will look after the children?Said no man ever. Or at least none that I know. Actually, I do know one. His new partner confessed at the skate park that he does 50% of…3 min read·Oct 26, 2023----
2 Olive TerraceWhat happened when I stopped being a mumI just stopped trying. For one day. Because parenting is hard. And co-parenting and divorce can be really hard. And our school believes in…2 min read·Oct 21, 2023----
2 Olive TerraceTo write or to wash? Create or clean?I stepped into the kitchen after school drop off, poured the rest of yesterday’s coffee into a mug of not-quite-warm-enough milk, scooped…3 min read·Oct 11, 2023----
2 Olive TerraceWhy I get up at 4amThis morning I got up at 3:45am. Yup, let’s just check that: 3:45 AM. My neighbour thinks it might be peri-menopausal, let’s not rule that…3 min read·Oct 1, 2023----
2 Olive TerraceGive me Bordeaux and brie at lunchIt’s been food chaos at 2 Olive Terrace of late. I lost a butternut squash. The Youngest dropped an egg in the living room. The Eldest…2 min read·Sep 19, 2023----
