Midnight Your Time, Assembly, George Square, Edinburgh
The Independent
Rather it's a one-woman-plus-Macbook show, a quite touching take on motherhood and the generation gap. Quick plays Judy, a retired lawyer and pillar of the liberal Islington set. Her daughter, Helen, is working for an NGO in Palestine. …

Riots: lack of morals and parenting, says Cameron
The Christian Institute
Max Hasting, a commentator in the Daily Mail, cautioned: “The breakdown of families, the pernicious promotion of single motherhood as a desirable state, the decline of domestic life so that even shared meals are a rarity, have all contributed …

McColgan charged with assaulting Strabane-born husband
Derry Today
They have five children together – with the eldest Eilish (21) already carving out her own successful middle-distance running career – but motherhood was not to slow Liz down. Just months after giving birth to her first child in November 1990, …

Scientists can see time left on biological clock
Scotsman
But this trend has raised concerns that some will struggle to conceive if they delay motherhood for too long, leading to a search for ways of predicting when women should attempt to conceive. For the latest research, the Scottish researchers gathered …

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Designer fashions a stylish comeback
The Star
From rag trade to motherhood… and back again She had the fashion world at her feet. Stars clamoured for her dazzling evening gowns. Lucille Ball, the Three Degrees, Olivia Newton John, songbirds Cleo Lane and Shirley Bassey and Sheffield's funny girl …

Runner Liz McColgan accused of battering husband
Belfast Telegraph
They have five children together — with the eldest Eilish (21) already carving out her own successful middle-distance running career — but motherhood was not to slow Liz down. Just months after giving birth to her first child in November 1990, …

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Literary holidays: the Reading Retreat in Suffolk
Telegraph.co.uk
But most exciting of all, I rediscovered my love of reading, something that had been sidelined by the demands of work and motherhood. A self-catering holiday in Britain can be many things: relaxing, sociable, convenient, reassuringly familiar. …

The children were locked inside the camper van… then let off the brake
Daily Mail
After Mr Candy had asked me for the 12th time if I was really sure I wanted to do nearly 20 bedtimes alone, I told him I was viewing it less as an experiment in full-time non-working motherhood and more as the gap-year break I never had (having started …

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Kerry Godliman: Being a Wonder Woman at the Edinburgh Fringe 2011
Such Small Portions
No, and that's what a lot of it is about, juggling working and motherhood. It's an ongoing conversation with women that they always feel guilty that they're not at work when they're with their kids and then guilty they're not with their kids when …

Angelina Jolie Travels To London In Style
V-Blog (blog)
If there was an Oscar for multi-tasking motherhood and fashion then Angie would need to clear her house to find room for multiple statuettes – amazing! Motherhood is keeping the Hollywood star really busy as Very can report Angelina and her beautiful …

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