Middle Aged Mum

The Women’s Room launched in a crazy week in 2008 when we entered a period of uncertaintity, considered by many economists to have been the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression. But enough of the good old days!… Read More

It’s not news that social media can have a negative impact on mental health – particularly for young people – but recent studies have found that Instagram rates as the worst above other platforms. The sheer amount of content, the… Read More

It was only after the birth of my son that I started to visit our local park on a regular basis. Seeking out somewhere to walk with the pram and meet up with my NCT friends, a visit to the… Read More

A feature in last weeks Sunday Times looked at a group of 20 somethings and how they felt about still living at home. The aptly named ‘Peter Pan’ generation talked of the ups and downs of living at home well… Read More

Wandering down Columbia Road last Sunday was even more special than usual. We had our first whiff of mulled wine, the stalls were abundant with winter berries and eucalyptus and huge Christmas trees lined the sides of the road. London… Read More

Since I was old enough to backcomb, I have always been one for trying out new hair styles. Siousixie Soux punk inspired finger in the socket do’s, Bananrama crimping, 50s rockabilly quiffs, pixie crops, blunt bobs, idiot boy king fringes… Read More

Back in the 80s I had a ferocious boss who made Miranda Priestly look like Mother Theresa. She would arrive in the morning in a cloud of Christian Dior Poison, clutching a giant mobile phone, crank up Tina Turner ‘You’re… Read More

How were your school days? Fantastic fun and full of learning, or a grim stretch of miserableness and academic struggle? I went to an all girl boarding school in Devon for five years, due to my dad being in the… Read More

It’s is just after 3.00am on Tuesday morning, three days since we returned youngestson excitedly to his rented flat, along with four of his mates for Year Two of university. The phone by our bed starts to ring. Middleagedad awakes… Read More

If you have been shopping recently, or had an eye on whats been happening on the world’s catwalks over the past three weeks, you can’t fail to have noticed that someone somewhere in the world of fashion has decided that… Read More

This weekend was the first weekend youngestson came home from University since he started back in September. We’ve all missed him and were really looking forward to his return. He phoned earlier in the week to request a proper Sunday… Read More