Tag: childhood books

Who was your favourite childhood author?

As an adult reader I don’t think I could identify any one particular author as my favourite but that wasn’t the case when I was young. I had a couple of years when the Enid Blyton shelf in the public library was my preferred starting place for book choices. But eventually that waned and my…… Continue reading Who was your favourite childhood author?

Well said, Daisy Goodwin!

image credit: By Number 10 (Number 10 front door) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

In the News today is Daisy Goodwin’s #MeToo story about the day she was groped in Number 10, Downing Street. If you missed Daisy’s assertive story you can read it on the BBC News website. Maybe more women who have stood up to sexual harassment can share their stories and describe how they took back…… Continue reading Well said, Daisy Goodwin!