Dear Em, I miss you. I hope you are well. Wow, what a woman you are. I’ve known you all my life - that is something I am forever grateful for. Your humour and personality keep me going even through the darkest of days. You are a beacon of love to me - I do… Continue reading Letters From Lockdown 2: Annabel Hughes
Mary Beard is the author of ‘Women and Power’ and many other works, world renowned classicist, senior academic, Cambridge University lecturer, documentary maker and avid feminist; a force in her male dominated field. Having found a love for the classics after studying Classical Civilisation at A Level, I was honoured to be able to sit… Continue reading International Women’s Day: In Conversation With: Mary Beard
I am a warrior queen. Fear me. Dare to cross me. Strike me down. I will get back up. You may hit me, But I hit harder. Watch me throw a tantrum. Watch me cause a scene. I am chaos. I am in control. You fear me. You do not cross me. I strike you… Continue reading Boudica
A mile or so from my grandparents house lies a Spinney: A small wood or copse Solitary it stands upon the village green I remember from my youth that often larks would serenade this encapsulated thicket; Darting throughout the dense bushels as needles through silk Thorn-bearing gooseberries dressed the opening; Coupled with the twisted trunk… Continue reading The Spinney
According to the cosmos I am brave, ambitious and faithful, yet resentful and jealous When an unambiguous solar object is in retrograde, I should avoid three drains Or was it ladders? Or black cats? Or all cats? Something like that. I should clap three times when the sun perfectly aligns with St Paul’s Cathedral, But… Continue reading Astrology Is Bullsh*t
