Caribbean musings #8 The naked truth: is life better without clothes?
Remember when you were a child and summer was about turning on the sprinkler and running around the garden with nothing on? Remember the...
This motherhood #1 Can you have it all?
This is the start of a new series about the experience of being a mother and the state that it induces - whether that's one society...
Caribbean musings #7 Lessons in how to be flexible (and I'm not talking about yoga)
I did something today that I've been putting off for weeks. I went to get a replacement driver's licence. While waiting in long queues, ...
The 52 Barbados project 2015
One of my new year's resolutions is to take a portrait of each of my three children, every week throughout 2015, the year we're living in...
The sea/ #2
I wake up thinking of England. Of my family and friends. Sometimes I feel so far away and get caught up in thoughts of what we've gained...
Caribbean musings #1 The new school run
When you transplant your life to a different part of the world, certain things stay the same. You still get woken up (by small children)...
My three
A lot has happened in a year. When we moved our family across the globe, from London to Barbados in August 2013, I didn't really think...
Don't beat yourself up about accidents. They happen.
About a month ago, my littlest, Iris, had an accident at home. It was awful. We'd been at the beach bar with friends and had enjoyed...