With most news agencies in the states confident enough now to declare Joe Biden the new President-elect for the United States, I am sitting at my desk and I am gingerly keying my hope and faith in humanity. The election in the USA was so many things, and it represented so much more to me […]
Category: Children
Cranberry Fool
It’s 10AM as I am writing this. The morning started by making my family’s traditional Cranberry Fool (perhaps better known to some as a Cranberry Salad; a dish made of cranberries, crushed pineapple, orange juice and raspberry gelatine with a cream cheese topping) and getting the turkey into the oven and just generally revelling in […]
Childcare in the UK
There are a lot of options for childcare in the UK, and the terminology can be confusing as all get out, but hopefully this list will help make things easier: Note: All groups/persons providing childcare for children under the age of 8 years old for more than two hours per day are required to register […]
No Recourse to Public/Government Funds – What Does That Mean?
For those granted Further Leave to Remain (FLR) status in the UK, you will have discovered that you are yet to shake off that “No recourse to public funds” stuff, despite the likelihood that you will be working and paying taxes just like everyone else in the UK. All sense of unfairness aside, what is […]
Where Human Rights Cost Extra
The UK Government wants to axe Human Rights. The global community should be outraged by the suggestion that basic human rights are somehow an optional extra (presumably only reserved for those of wealth and/or status because they are the only group who’s rights are never in question). Of course, the Conservative Party running the show loves […]
Transplant Monologues 