Diary of a Goldfish

When I began reading the essay that inspired The Sessions  (via @emmajtracey ) by the late writer and poet Mark O'Brien, I expected to c...

If you do just one thing in the promotion of equality and social justice, it should be this: When someone gives an account of their own ...

When I was at school, we didn't hear about Mary Seacole.  In fairness, we missed her period, but British history, despite being a histor...

There are some really dodgy theories about sex chromosomes and their influence on human behaviour, but this one shocked me on account of th...

Today I am thirty two, which is a happy number .  When I said last year was  the happiest of my life , I meant it sincerely. And when I say...

[Content warning for rape and sexually explicit language. Also overlong - I wrote this in tiny bits over the course of a tough week and it w...

Sophie and I were both worried about the baby with no name. (An unhappy looking white woman and baby niece.) My sister was telling me a...