SARAH PENN

With lockdown gradually easing, life is getting more complicated. For what seemed like forever, we were forced into tiny bubbles –...

In some ways time seems to have stood still, or rather thickened. It used to flow freely from day to day, thrust onwards by plans or...

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...

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...

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and this year’s theme is kindness. One of the hardest people to be kind to is ourselves, particularly...

While it might not seem immediately obvious that new mums/dads will suffer more than others, I believe they will especially struggle.

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...

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

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...

Self-care can sound either so fluffy and lovely you wonder why we don’t all do it or so selfish that only arrogant narcissists can...