Six years ago, towards the end of my maternity leave with my second child, I thought I was losing my mind. The idea of returning to my copywriting job where I *actually* had to string a sentence together filled me with absolute horror.

This is about how learning the art of calligraphy helped me relax, unwind and discover mindfulness during a difficult period of my life.

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Someone asked me the other day what my favourite thing was that I’d created. (This was hard because I'm rarely 100% happy with anything I make and will pick holes in my work until the cows come home.) After some thought, I realised that my favourite creation isn’t a card or print - and not even really to do with art at all. It’s a colouring book I made in 2019 to help improve children's mental health. It came about after I realised that my son and I had our best chats when we were colouring in stuff together –...

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Not just any old queue but The Queue: a five-mile-long line of people waiting to see the Queen lying in state.

This is the story of our 14-hour, five-mile extravaganza to pay our respects to a very special lady. 

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