Union Jack Top Hat, by Shelley Harris

by Keris

There’s a family photograph of me taken on Silver Jubilee Day, 1977. Like so many pictures of that era, it now has a reddish cast over it, so that the green bush behind… Read More →

Wrestling with sexism, by Carrie Dunn

by Carrie

Dress it up all you like, but Fighting Spirit Magazine’s new ‘Siren Search’ competition is hideously depressingly sexist. In case you’re not a regular FSM reader, it’s one of the biggest professional wrestling magazines in… Read More →

Second time luckier, by Keris Stainton

by Keris

“Let’s have another!” I said, beaming at my husband, David. We were in the recovery room just ten minutes after our second son, Joe, had been delivered by caesarean section. It was markedly… Read More →

Something for the ladies, by Shelley Harris

by Keris

Imagine my surprise when I opened a recent copy of The Bookseller and discovered a new category of fiction: Intelligent Women’s Reads. I’ll just run that by you again: Intelligent Women’s Reads. Now, I’m going… Read More →