Blogging just keeps getting bigger and better every year – something we definitely notice over at BritMums, where membership continues to mushroom (up from 2k last year to 3.5k this year and climbing). At BritMums we have the BiB Awards celebrating great blogging. As a co-founder of BritMums I can’t take part in those exceptContinue reading “Please nominate me for a MADS Travel Blog award”
Category Archives: Current Affairs
My day on 9/11
“This is so fucked up” “What are you talking about?” “Turn your TV on.” Ten years ago I was sitting on my sofa in Brooklyn when my friend B. IM’ed me on AOL Instant Messenger a little after 8:45. I turned on the TV and saw what so many other people did – smoke billowing,Continue reading “My day on 9/11”
Travel: Should there be child-free flights?
Nobody enjoys hearing the wail of a child on an airplane – it wakes you from your fitful uncomfortable doze, it drowns out even the sound of the engine, sets your teeth on edge and makes it hard to watch the reruns of Frasier. For parents, the problem is figuring out not just to keepContinue reading “Travel: Should there be child-free flights?”
Why cheerleading is good for the UK
The other day I discovered A Modern Mother’s dark little secret: she used to be a cheerleader. I loved this little revelation because I, too, used to be a cheerleader (evidence pictured) and frankly, it can be a little lonely. Even if we are amazingly hot, we’re still dumb blondes who mindlessly shake our pompoms at theContinue reading “Why cheerleading is good for the UK”
The funniest thing you will read this month
This is the funniest @&#*ing thing I've read in ages. http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2009/10/20nissan.html (Not for those with tender sensibilities) Jennifer HowzeI’m a journalist and blogger. Previously I was The Times’s online lifestyle editor and Alpha Mummy blogger. Now I’m co-founder of BritMums and BritMums Live! – our annual blogging conference that draws hundreds. Follow me on Pinterest,Continue reading “The funniest thing you will read this month”
Yesterday v Today
Yesterday in Texas: Baking cookies on the dashboard of the car. (Yes it works, but they tasted a little funny. Turns out “new car smell” isn’t the best secret ingredient.) Today in London: Rainstorms til the end of the week. Jennifer HowzeI’m a journalist and blogger. Previously I was The Times’s online lifestyle editor andContinue reading “Yesterday v Today”
A counterintuitive tip for turning your blog into a book
Lots of us bloggers have aspirations to turn our blog into a book. At CyberMummy we had the fabuous Robin Harvie from Harper Collins talking about it (if you missed it, catch up with Young & Younger’s liveblog from the session). One thing that Robin mentioned is that sometimes publishing your book for free online secures aContinue reading “A counterintuitive tip for turning your blog into a book”