Author Archives: governingmatters

The little girl, no older than five, sat by the window looking out. She was feeling unwell and was running a temperature. It was evening and the street was lit. The evening traffic was heavy; people were going home from … Continue reading →

I sometimes wonder if life would have been easier if the only person we cared for was ourselves. If you have loved and cared deeply for someone and death robs you of this joy, the resulting grief is all powerful; … Continue reading →

Jo Penn and I spent last weekend exploring gardens which had been opened to public. Below are descriptions (taken from the Open Squares Guide book/website) and my pictures of the gardens we visited. King Henry’s Walk Garden: In this hidden organic … Continue reading →

Recently (and rightly) there has been a lot of discussion, especially on social media, about the lack of enough female leaders and about lack of enough BAME leaders. Numbers are quoted but I’m never sure if the numbers tell the … Continue reading →

The other day I read a wonderful blog by the wonderful Jill Berry. This was one of a series of Shero blogs and Jill talked about how her mum was her shero. Jill encouraged me to write one too and … Continue reading →

I recently read Jill Berry’s excellent shero blog. She asked me if I was going to write one so, here is mine. I have two sheros; my grandmother and my mother. My grandmother was born in colonial India. She was … Continue reading →

Picture Credit Zarine Mogal Dear Miss Soares, It is with a heavy heart that I write this. You are a legend, almost an institution yourself. You gave more than 50 years of your life teaching Maths to girls in a … Continue reading →