Twenty-five years ago, Carl and I got married, and what a day we had!
It poured with rain all day, though my half-French husband-to-be assured me that this, according to the French, was a sign of good luck… and he was right!
I have lived in Barnet for many years and have watched shops come and go on my High Street. A shopkeeper’s life before the pandemic was already a challenge, with rising rents and reducing footfalls. There have been plenty of initiatives – from government, local councils as well as celebrities – to highlight the benefits…
What’s important to me.
Time to share with you the causes I believe in and what I do to support their work.
If someone asked me where I came from, before going into a convoluted answer of being British, of Sri Lankan heritage plus a bit of this and that thrown into my genes, I probably…
For many, working from home may have been ‘living the dream’ in pre-pandemic times but this new daily reality has now opened the eyes of many workers around the world.
Sitting in their kitchens, their bedrooms or their home offices, instead of being distracted by the chatter in the office, their thoughts have gone inwards;…
The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day. The theme for this year is to do one thing for better mental health.
According to research at Mind of 16,000 people, half of the adults and over two-thirds of young people said their mental health got worse during lockdown.
All week I have been posting…
3000 BCE and the Titans would have shaken the earth to its core if they could foresee the devastation humans have caused to the world.
One woman is doing her bit to rebalance the perils of single-use plastic waste in the form of a zero-waste store.
Admantia Theodoros has opened up Kronos & Rhea in…
Walking home on one evening the snow was falling thick and fast. I passed adults turning their head to the sky and smiling, children skipping and laughing trying to catch the snowflakes, happy to be outside.
This simple four letter word can conjure up so many emotions ranging from the negative to the positive, particularly…
Developing the team is one of the best ways any leader can move their organisation forward. But in this current climate when three in four Britons have been stressed at least once over the last year that can seem like an uphill challenge. Emotional wellbeing continues to be a key area for focus in any…
In this challenging landscape of retention and recruitment issues, growing your own team is critical for any school.
One of the easiest ways to build team spirit in a school is to enlist characters from the world of books or comics on dress-up days.
Dress-up days have punctuated my days as a Head over the past 20…
