SARAH PENN

As lockdown 3 limps disappointingly across our screens, it’s one sequel too far. We are trapped in Home Alone 3 and wondering why anyone...

A few months on from my brush with social services and I may just have to admit that the experience has made me self-sensor. My initial...

Obviously plan A is being a great parent all of the time – being firm but fair, baking organic chia bars and inventing fun educational...

Everywhere we are surrounded by powerful myths of motherhood. Lily Potter shielding her baby from the dark lord, Dumbo’s mummy cradling...

"But since my theme will be the good I found there, I mean to speak of the other things I saw.” Dante, Inferno Canto 1 This week the call...

Never has a visit to the supermarket meant so much. My week was up, the confines of my house were breached and I ventured forth into the...

After weeks of stultifying sameness, the last week has felt revolutionary. My little girl has been back in nursery, which she has loved...

The return of schools and nurseries this week has become a hot topic in the press, social media and between friends. I, for one, am...

I can feel the effects of lockdown building – tiny itches building into wholescale irritation

One thing I’ve learned the hard way over the 19 months since my daughter was born is that my thoughts are not necessarily my friends....

I’ve taken a bit of a downturn physically over the last few days and am now on antibiotics for a chest infection sparked initially by...

Blossom white and pink has been swirling through the sun-soaked backways. The seasons seem to be rolling on regardless – some things at...

It is obvious to the point of boring that toddlers are a nightmare. Shouty, capricious little bullies who devote their new-found physical...