When I came up with the idea for this blog post, I was buzzing after a great time spent at the Work + Family Show this past weekend. I wasn’t anticipating that my son would spend the night being sick and I’d have to work around the headache-inducing soundscape of Transformers Prime as he sits wanly on
Floods: In Defence of the British Media
Sitting next to a banker at dinner the other night, we joked about which profession is the most hated these days. With Barclays’ bonuses hitting the headlines once more, perhaps bankers have the edge in the unpopularity stakes just now. But with Hackgate still rumbling through the courts and the Leveson inquiry fresh in our
Can Work + Family = Happiness? We Think So…
There can’t be more of a clichéd phrase these days than starting a sentence with the words ‘as a working mother’. But being a parent with a career informs everything we do. Both Karen and I have two small children each whom we adore beyond measure. But we also want to work hard and enjoy