Time slips by quietly and suddenly it is 10 months since husband Olivier died. Some friends say “time enough’’ for grief and beseech me to “move on”. And I wonder what do those words mean? Am I to forget my great love? Yet I can’t erase him from my mind and I don’t want […]
Let us not indulge too much in platitudes this International Women’s Day because, although we can be smug about real progress over the past quarter century in achieving equality in law, the one big issue – violence – still impacts on women and girls. We could examine newspaper clippings from the last few weeks […]
Paris chiefs have finally told women they can ‘wear the trousers’ after a 213-year-old ban on wearing such clothing was revoked as “incompatible’’ with contemporary French society. Back in 1800 law-makers had originally issued the order forcing women to seek permission from police if they wanted to ‘dress like a man’. Of course, this […]
Hoorah for January, the best month of the year. Only New Year heralds a respectable chance to wipe the slate clean and, armed with resolutions, to begin anew on this adventure called life. The best attraction of the first month, though, is that it shuts the door so effectively on all the downsides and disappointments […]
As you read this, it’s your first reason to celebrate the dawning of 2013 because despite all the doomy prophecies, the world did not end. And despite the war in Afghanistan, Middle Eastern strife, the US “fiscal cliff’’ and worries about the debt-laden European economy, our corner of the world here in Australia enjoys peace […]
It is a pity Christmas comes only once a year because it brings such joy and happiness. Ours was a wonderful Christian family celebration beginning with the Christmas Eve children’s service at Concordia Chapel followed by merriment at home with French champagne, fruits, chocolates, dips and nuts. This set the scenario for gift-giving. Gifts are such a […]
my idea of a superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors
actress Bette Midler
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