Author Archives: Jo

2018 – the year of growth

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Jo

Last year was a decent year on some levels from a personal perspective but with the depressing political situations at both home and abroad I’ve struggled to find positive things to blog about and sadly I didn’t get nearly as … Continue reading →

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#BeBoldForChange – IWD2017

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Jo

Today is International Women’s Day 2017. Here’s to all the magnificent bold, brave, staunch women who came before – to the women of NASA celebrated in the recent movie Hidden Figures, to female scientists of the past (and not I … Continue reading →

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Productive actions in perilous times

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Jo

My Twitter feed has been one long scroll of horror since 20 January (with some gloriously bright spots such as the millions around the world who took part in the Women’s Marches and the lovely Americans crowding the streets at … Continue reading →

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Money leaks – £360/person/year

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Jo

Interesting article from GoCompare on money leaks and how they average out to £360 per person per year on the UK. The UK wastes a whopping £17.6bn a year by letting money leach away on takeaways, snacks, coffees, ready meals and items … Continue reading →

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Women’s Marches

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Jo

I wasn’t able to get to the London march but did spend a couple of hours on Twitter yesterday joyfully signal boosting tweets about turnout, pics of people attending and the amazing creativity of the signs from the quintessentially British … Continue reading →

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