Monthly archives: December 2012

I’ve had a rather enjoyable 2012. I’m ending it with a sense of achievement, which is nice. I started this blog, and now have my very own corner of the internet in which to stand upon my soapbox. I attended my first ever BarCamp which was loads of fun. I managed to get my weight […]

For the past week each day has carried with it a fresh take on the continuing saga of the Duchess of Cambridge, her stay at a hospital for severe morning sickness, the prank phone call made by a pair of Australian DJs and the apparent suicide of one of the nurses who fell victim to […]

I have very fond memories of the family Christmases of my youth, which include making an entire nativity set out of mince-pie cases in a rare moment of Blue Peter-esque aptitude for craft. From when I was about 10 or 11 we spent 10 days in a centrally heated bungalow on a campsite in St […]

I remember participating in a civics workshop at school once where I was first introduced to the distinction between sex and gender. I’d always thought of them as meaning the same thing i.e. whether you were male or female. However the chap leading the workshop posited a distinction between sex and gender. He described the […]