WOW – Women of the World Festival 2012is a celebration of the formidable strength and inventiveness of women, running 7-11 March. This annual festival presents and recognises women from all walks of life, acting as a conversation space for issues of all kinds. WOW includes lively talks and debates about politics, the arts, economics, fashion, [...]
The success of an intervention depends on the interior condition of the intervenerWilliam O'Brian
When trying to decide where to put ones attention, on the state of the world or at a more local level, it pays to bear in mind this wisdom. Also expressed in the ancient Chinese saying “if you want to change the world, change the state. If you want to change the state, change the [...]
My husband sent me this link today to a beautiful piece of architecture in Norway dedicated to the people who were burned as witches in the witch trial days. Nobody seems to know how many exactly there were around the world but one is too many in my opinion. Saying that, there is an awful [...]
I read a beautiful piece in the NYT the other day about the value of stillness. For those of you that are considering staying away from social media this month, as I am.
Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.
This was one of my favourite videos from last year and nice to watch when you are feeling a bit stuck in the city.
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”Buckminster Fuller
So the press have dug around into Louise Mensch MPs past and discovered, shock horror, that she ‘probably’ took some drugs at a nightclub when she was in her twenties. Why this is news is frankly beyond me but why this has come out now, is not. The press are doing their thing, taking on [...]
This coming Saturday, the 30th July, at The Window in Islington I will be interviewing Dr Elizabeth Debold about the future for women. Please do come along for what will be an interesting exploration of where women have come from and where we are going next. “Elizabeth is an author, internationally renowned gender researcher, and [...]
(As posted in the Huffington Post last week) Theresa May, as UK Home Secretary, has one of the most important jobs in government. Many grand men have held the post before her, however, by virtue of her being born female she also has another role, Minister for Women (and Equalities). The ‘women’ part of this [...]
(As posted in Huffington Post last week) If you were listening to right leaning UK politicians and political commentators recently you’d think so. Last week Peter Oborne was pointing to the decline of the nuclear family and the impact that has on care for the elderly. He argued that the welfare state was originally designed [...]
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