Worrying About Society

9/11

Five years ago I was packing boxes ready to move when I heard that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. For the rest of the afternoon I watched in horror, transfixed by the unfolding events. I was five months pregnant and looking forward to moving, to preparing a new house for our baby, [...]

Terrorism and the threat to airline security

Unusually, no-one I know is travelling by air today and, selfishly, I am thankful for that. Heathrow, as is the case at most UK airports, is in chaos as security has been increased and almost all hand luggage has been banned. Flights in and out of the UK have been severely disrupted as airlines assess [...]

Capitalism is alive and well amongst the four year old set

It is becoming increasingly clear that I am no longer the sole influence on my eldest son. Whilst I know this is inevitable, not to mention right and proper, I harbour a wish for all my children to grow up to be kind, tolerant and open-minded and therefore I preach, and of course always practice, [...]

Fifteen weeks pregnant

Last Thursday was a great day as I FINALLY STOPPED THROWING UP. But then my joy was quickly over as I realised that the London transport system was being bombed. I have found it hard to write about anything, hence my lack of posts, because I just feel so disillusioned, as I did after 9/11, [...]

Every three seconds a child dies

As we go about our daily business most of us give no thought to what is going on every day in the poorest parts of the world. I mean, we all have enough problems of our own, right? But did you know 50,000 people a day die from poverty? Worldwide, a woman dies every minute [...]

Poverty and The Girl in the Cafe

Last night I watched “The Girl in the Cafe” on the BBC, a drama about poverty which combined a typical Richard Curtis (screenwriter of the films Four Weddings, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’s Diary and Love Actually) love story with the efforts of Britain’s chancellor and prime minister to persuade the other G8 nations to agree [...]

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