Women’s March: Millions unite against Trump and all he stands for
This is what the resistance movement ‘Women’s March’ is about: We have a voice. On Saturday, women, men and children, united by their...
Bonne année celebrations in Paris: What a way to spend the first day of 2017!
Minus 3 degrees was too cold to drag the kids to the midnight bash on the Champs-Élysée, and so the New Year’s Day parade seemed like the...
Trump’s triumph calls for humour
Since Donald Trump’s US presidential win last Wednesday, I’ve relied heavily on jokes shared by friends to cure my nausea and stop me...
Inside the last days of the Calais Jungle
The dismantling of the Calais camp began last Monday and is expected to be complete early this week. The French authorities have...
After the destruction of the Calais Jungle — can we be part of the healing process?
I feel terrible guilt as I watch, from my comfortable middle class existence, the Jungle camp in Calais being ripped apart by armed...
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
I feel numbed by the last few weeks of human vileness concocted from a potent mix of the terrorist attacks in Europe, Brexit and just...
What’s it like being a teacher?
Like Alice in Wonderland, it feels as though I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole, had an adventure, and just dizzily surfaced for air. An air...
2015: France’s annus horribilis
Looking back at 2015, this is a year that has rightly earned the name annus horribilis, or put simply, it’s been a truly horrible year....
Tonight in Paris…
I’m in a pub, fortunately not in Paris. I am celebrating my first week of teaching, and ironically myself and two other teachers were...
The Ascent of Woman: Rewriting women back into history
If you’re like me and hanker for anything positive in the field of advancing women’s rights, then watch The Ascent of Woman. This...
