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    Home Office kit: Anywheres.co launches handpicked collections

    A new online store for remote workers and the world of self-employed freelancers has launched with the mission to support this agile workforce through the provision of handpicked ...

    On 5th October 2018 / By
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    Teach kids creativity. The machines will beat us.

    One of the most significant challenges that the next generation face is how to be useful in an ever more competitive workplace, but maybe creativity is the answer? ...

    On 14th April 2018 / By
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    Maternity Leave. What are your rights as a working parent?

    The end of paternity or maternity leave is sometimes a stressful time for new parents. Knowing what you are and aren’t entitled to when you step back into ...

    On 1st February 2018 / By
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    Don’t react

    I have this dream of an ideal morning whereby I wake, stretch, walk slowly but purposefully downstairs, reach for the cold-brew coffee, pour myself a cup and sit ...

    On 11th November 2017 / By
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    Can you be an artist and a mother?

    Amanda Palmer has written a fascinating insight into the stresses and worries of impending motherhood titled No, I Am Not Crowdfunding This Baby (an open letter to a worried ...

    On 4th September 2015 / By
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    The sisterhood of motherhood

    Interesting campaign from an american advertiser looking at the different tribes of parents – breastfeeders vs bottlers, stay-at-home mums vs working mums etc. It taps into all the ...

    On 23rd January 2015 / By
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    German Vice-Chancellor takes time off to pick up daughter

    As far as headlines go, it’s a pretty crummy one. I mean, should it even be news that a father picks up his daughter… even less so when ...

    On 7th January 2014 / By
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    Divorce and Christmas

    Before we start, I appreciate some of you will be cross at the site of the C word this early in September – I’m with you on that… ...

    On 13th January 2013 / By
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    The costs of childcare

    Childcare costs. A lot. People who earn little get significant state help and subsidy. And so they should – a low-income family’s child doesn’t cost them half as ...

    On 30th November 2012 / By
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    Can Women have it all?

    Fascinating article from Anne-Marie Slaughter (twitter) in the July/August issue of the Atlantic on Why Women Still Can’t Have It All. The article explores her time working in Washington ...

    On 6th July 2012 / By