Entries by Caroline Argyropulo-Palmer from 11/2011

In Defence of August Babies

| Posted 11.01.2011 | UK Universities & Education

The report says children born in August feel less like they "control their own destiny" - perhaps had I known my destiny was so heavily weighted on the side of failure, I would have felt like that too. And perhaps I would look more like the August baby the report paints.

A Letter to Obama and Sarkozy

| Posted 11.08.2011 | UK Politics

Dear Sarko and Barack, I know you're both having a bad day, what with people talking about how you badmouthed a fellow world leader when you thought your microphones were off and all, but I wanted to tell you that last week, on a train, I spoke to my boyfriend about someone I know. And I wasn't very nice.