Where Has Sisterhood Gone?

I was at an audition recently, a dance audition for a part in a major TV show, and it is fair to say there was no love between any of the women in the room.

Which leads me into the million dollar question: Where has sisterhood gone? I am...

• Posted 22 April 2012
• UK Lifestyle

Troll Hunting

According to Urban Dictionary, trolling is "the art of deliberately, cleverly, and secretly p***ing people off, usually via the internet", and not the act of harassing three goats looking for lunch as I previously thought it was. Trolling recently got a lot of media coverage after a 21...

• Posted 22 April 2012
• UK Tech

Are You Happy at Work?

I used to eat breathe sleep work.

My job was everything. It defined me. I had big fat job title. I was the youngest-ever marketing director. I would puff up with pride when I talked about it at dinner parties. My BlackBerry would flash red during the starter and I'd...

• Posted 23 April 2012
• UK Lifestyle

Putting Birds Through Hell for a Hamper

Like Jo Mills, the character I played in Judge John Deed, I have a great sense of social justice and strongly believe in defending those who cannot defend themselves.

Feasting on the grotesquely enlarged livers of ducks and geese is morally indefensible. Foie gras is uniquely cruel in that it...

• Posted 22 April 2012
• UK Lifestyle

Heroes (Or Why Little Girls Lie)

Today's children are constantly being questioned. If I were in charge, I'd worry far more about that than if they are being 'over-tested'. Because children are liars, and because questions, especially those asked by adults to children, are simply insidious tests in and of themselves. And every child knows that....

• Posted 24 April 2012
• UK Lifestyle

Celebrate Earth Day By Stargazing With Your Kids

Beneath an inky black sky glittering with stars, my son Quinn and I cuddled down on a blanket, digging our toes into white sand so soft it felt like sugar. We were camping on the beach of Nebraska's Merritt Reservoir. The remote location makes it a perfect spot for stargazing....

• Posted 22 April 2012
• Parents

How to Make More Time

I wrote a list once of the stuff I needed to get done in a day...it scared me quite a lot.

I have no doubt at all that if you're reading this now, you've managed to squeeze in 5 mins between doing the washing, cooking dinner, writing a report and...

• Posted 23 April 2012
• UK Lifestyle