The Single Mother Project: Marriage Story

It has been almost two years since I last posted a single mother project film analysis* here. What can I … More

Free (& Very Cheap) Summer Holidays Activities for Families

Merely surviving the summer holidays as a single parent is daunting enough, but with added childcare costs and the prospect … More

Camp Bestival Prep: The Single Mum’s Guide to Packing for a Festival

Pre-Jack, summer meant one thing: festivals. Starting with Isle of Wight (I never did get Glasto tickets) and ending with … More

Guest Post: Single Parent Stigma & Why It Shouldn’t Exist

Thanks so much to Jude Peppis-Clay (@gluingcheese) for this guest post on single parent stigma, and why we need to … More

A Single Mum’s Guide to (Not) Dating

‘How do you date as a single mum?’ This is a question I not only get asked quite a lot, … More

Surviving the School Holidays as a Single Parent

Today I received an email titled: ‘Single parents buckle under half-term pressure’. Something negative happening to single parents, you say? … More

My Letter to Single Mums

ICYMI, at the end of last year I wrote this letter to single mums for Harper’s Bazaar, with things to … More

Forgive my rudeness, I’m trying not to have a breakdown

(Why single mums need a little extra wiggle room) There are things in all of our lives that keep us … More

Q: Can a Woman ‘Have it All?’

A: Some of them don’t have a choice. Earlier this week I went on Eddie Nestor’s BBC Radio London call-in … More

The Single Mother Project: SMILF

In The Single Mother Project I am trying to get to the bottom of the negative connotations associated with single parents, by … More