Don’t Waste Your Life
I don’t usually make time to sweat the big stuff, never mind the small stuff, but an unexpected email recently had the effect of shoving the enormous existential question, ‘what […]
Author Archives: Madi Simpson
A Great Escape
As a mother of three, with all the stresses and strains and baggage (gallons of it in my hands, and now even in the under-eye area) that that entails, I […]
Night Light
I like to think I have my finger on the pulse, or close enough. I listen to music, read the news, tweet, google, wiki this and that. I watch BBC […]
Really Perfect
“Have no fear of perfection,” said Salvador Dali, “you’ll never reach it.” Three weeks into 2014, I’m quite sure he’s right. Old habits die hard. New resolutions fall flat. We […]
What’s in a Name?
When it comes to judging books by covers, what would happen were we to be judged by the names of fragrances we wear? I can scarcely think of another format […]
Extreme Monks and Marathon Mums
Ever feel like your faith is a little lazy? Ever questioned the easy road? I read in The Week recently the obituary of Yusai Sakai, a Japanese Buddhist ‘marathon monk’ […]
Why you need the new iPhone now!
Walking through Westfield—an enormous West London shopping mall—on a recent Wednesday, I noticed a queue of people outside the Apple store, complete with security guards monitoring the store’s inflow and […]
Inequality Street
There’s a box of chocolates here in the UK called ‘Quality Street.’ I’ve no idea how they earned their name but you’ll find these chocolates in supermarkets, gas stations and […]
Dinner Party Politics
Sex, religion, and politics: three inexhaustible yet potentially awkward and provocative topics of dinner party conversation. I addressed the first two topics in earlier articles for Wondering Fair, so with […]
Get Some Sabbath
I like to think that my body is holding up pretty well, given that it hasn’t had much sleep since our third child was born last November. “Sleep when the […]
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