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...

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...

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....

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

Are we there yet? Surely it has already been several years since we went in to lockdown? The calendar must have broken. Bizarrely my...

It’s official. We are now living in an alternative reality. Our lives have become a disaster movie. Suddenly Boris is the unlikely actor...

In the immortal words of Bake-Off’s Rahul, I am prone to “dooming”. Even when things are seemingly bright and sunny, my mind has a...

As the bright sunshine warms the ground, my daffodils stand alert. The cat is curled in a pocket of light – the dust motes dance in the...