An inspirational woman sold for £20

I learned about a very special woman last week during a visit to Girton College, Cambridge.  This was established as the UK’s first woman’s college in 1869 and located two miles north of the city centre to discourage “marauding male”...

Is Wayne Rooney worth £50 million?

Wayne Rooney brilliantly played Alex Ferguson and Manchester United with his sure footed manoeuvres to score his best victory yet – reportedly doubling his £90,000 a week salary following lame threats to join Manchester City. This has been calculated to equate...
Made in Dagenham – the real women behind it

Made in Dagenham – the real women behind it

I was confused when I saw Made in Dagenham last week as at the end it included some black and white news clippings from the 1960s showing older women on strike, while the film used much younger women. The successful and inspiring film is a dramatisation of the 1968...

Camp Hope – The Great Escape

I had planned to stay up and watch the first Chilean miner being brought to the surface – ending 69 agonising days beneath the earth’s surface. I had wanted to share their exhilaration and see their faces as they were reunited with their loved ones....