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Preparation
The reason I've haven't blogged for year is that I've been pouring any spare time I've had into the application and interview process for...
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Somewhere in my parents’ bungalow, my mother has carefully stored away an unfinished quilt. My mum started to make it when I was a child;...
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Mother
Last weekend I travelled to Stroud with Julie McCalden and Jess Young, to attend a one day symposium ‘It Takes A Village - Models for...