B in their bonnet
Who we buy from matters: so I’ll gladly shout about Gousto being a ‘B Corp’ When I first heard ‘B Corp’ I…
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Fancy a box of family-friendly meal kits delivered to your door each week? Gousto is officially the UK’s…
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With the corporate hot air blowing around International Women’s Day, I wanted to speak to someone who could…
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I have a dream of what the future of work could be. What does yours look like? This…
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The mental health of babies is too easily overlooked, writes Sally Hogg of the Parent Infant Foundation, especially…
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The focus of Flex Appeal – a campaign to push for flexible working for all in a bid…
more ›Going Dutch
Amsterdam daily Het Parool recently ran a feature on flex appeal, and how we’re trying to bring a little Dutch touch to working lives in the UK. Here’s the translation…
more ›Sea change
We fled for half term: seven adults and seven kids escaping the city for salty Cornish air. Here,…
more ›Woman’s Hour interview
To hear our interview on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour (and Matt getting quizzed by Jane Garvey about…
more ›Flex Appeal: Raising Disabled Kids
Flexible working is not just for parents, it’s for people. People with mental health issues, people with caring…
more ›Where’s My Happy Ending: tour dates
We’re gadding about the place to talk about our new book, Where’s My Happy Ending? Happily Ever After…
more ›Flex Appeal: Shift Work
On 17 October last year, I chaired a table on flexible working and zero hour contracts at The…
more ›Shy about retiring
AD| After the gender pay gap comes the pension pay gap, with women retiring on average with £78,000…
more ›AD | When I get older
This is a paid partnership with Scottish Widows. The word ‘pension’ conjures up images of Zimmer frames, blue…
more ›Beauty is in the eye
*First published by Soho House group*. Author of Sunday Times Bestselling book Parenting The Shit Out of Life…
more ›AD | No age limit
This blog post is an advertisement in association with EDF Energy and Howz. My mum went grey last…
more ›Flex Appeal: ADHD
Flexible working is not about parents, it’s about people. People with needs that don’t fit into a 9-5…
more ›Sleep like a baby
Whoever came up with the phrase ‘I slept like a baby’ never had a baby. That person cannot…
more ›Mini (mini) break
The thought of bringing a weaning toddler into 5-star plush luxury realms is enough to ignite a bead-on….
more ›A clean sweep
I remember the first passive aggressive muttering about my tidiness. We’d been together for three weeks and Matt…
more ›Specs appeal
Back in the day, when I was a youth, I would never even have considered edging into a…
more ›Let me entertain you
Kids going off the walls? As part of our #pukkafreestuff series, Susie Lodge, founder of Wikiplacesforkids.com unveils the…
more ›Luxe be a lady
The last time I visited The Connaught was in 2008 for a feature in Grazia Magazine. The piece…
more ›In the driving seat
It took my three go’s to pass my driving test. The first test I had to pull a…
more ›School’s out
We are at the beginning of the school summer holidays. We are feeling relatively fresh and full of…
more ›Love island
Just before I get stuck in, I want to preface this with a dollop of transparency: we asked…
more ›Private: No access
I’ve just uploaded a photo of myself nuzzling my 10-month-old daughter to Instagram where I have 159,000 followers….
more ›And breathe…
This week’s blog competition is to win a spot on an &Breathe retreat worth £2,200. To WIN this exclusive…
more ›Miscarriages of injustice
Growing up, I was always vaguely aware that my sister and I were not alone. I remember…
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