Category: News
More stories from the Calais Jungle
Last Saturday a group of us from the Swindon-Calais Solidarity group went on our third trip to “the Jungle”, the refugee camp just the other side of the English Channel in Calais. Some of ... Read More
Making friends at the Calais Refugee Camp
Yesterday Dan and I went back to the refugee camp at Calais with the Swindon Calais Solidarity group. It was a day of really mixed emotions, and a day when we began to make friends with some of the pe... Read More
Swindon Calais Solidarity on BBC Wiltshire
When the Swindon to Calais Solidarity Group went to Calais last weekend we took a BBC film crew with us, and also a reporter from our local radio station. For the last five days BBC Radio Wiltshire h... Read More
Galvanised into action to help refugees
Bad stuff happens all the time but sometimes there’s something that grabs my attention, gives me a kick up the arse and makes me take action. And for me, that bad thing was baby Aylan being wash... Read More
A bit of a break
So this blog has been sadly neglected, as has the Do Something Different challenges. Out of the blue we were given two month’s notice to quit our lovely house so the last few weeks were consumed... Read More
Crowdfunding, ADHD and How I Discovered My Passion
Last year I decided to write a book. I’d wanted to write a book since I was a child, but the time never seemed right, I didn’t know what to write about, and who was I to write a book anywa... Read More
My second famous client!
I was very excited to open the Guardian Weekend magazine this morning and read an article by Peter Jones about his version of Boxing Day. Excited because Peter is one of my proofreading/editing client... Read More
A favour – please buy the Justice Collective song and make it Xmas no 1!
I remember the Hillsborough disaster well. I was sitting in the pub with my boyfriend, listening to the football on the radio, when the report came in that someone at the FA Cup semi final between Liv... Read More
101 things … and a rant about Royals
Just realised I have a month exactly till my 101 things in 1001 days challenge ends, and a new one begins. I’ve failed miserably on a huge number of tasks and I can’t even afford to comple... Read More
Congratulations Chelsea – and farewell Drogba
This picture makes me very happy 🙂 I’ve been a Chelsea fan for over 20 years now and to see us battlinhg through tough games against Barcelona and Bayern Munich to finally lift the Champions ... Read More
Gumtree Daily Deals – a warning. Scam?
UPDATE: Amazing what voicing your issues on social media can achieve. I’ve been trying to contact Gumtree for a fortnight about this problem without any success, yet within four hours of me writ... Read More
Watch out if you cancel your Sky subscription (AKA Sky sucks!)
I’ve been having wrangles with Sky over the cancellation of my account with them …. I’ve just sent their complaints department the following very long email which explains the situat... Read More
Back from Dahab :(
Just back from a wonderful week in Dahab, Egypt where we lazed, snorkelled, scuba dived and quad biked. Full report to follow but here are a couple of pics.... Read More