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The politics of school uniform

I’ve come to the conclusion there’s something wrong with the world. The problem; the school uniform that girls are expected to wear. This might sound like a hard hitting statement to make, but having watched my eldest daughter at play, I think school uniform limits physical play and reinforces unhelpful gender stereotypes.

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Review of the ‘Henry J Socks’ subscription service

  Socks seem like a reasonably innocuous item, but have you ever seen someone wearing a black suit and Homer Simpson socks? Doesn’t work, does it? Over the past three months I’ve been testing out the Henry J Socks subscription service. It’s the usual thing, you pay a fee and each month a well-packaged pair

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How to wear a pinstripe suit

I’m incredibly fussy when it comes to suits. I haven’t owned an off the peg suit for years, preferring instead to buy tailor or custom made suits which have a better fit. As much as I love my tailor-made suits, I was facing the realsiation that the first one I ever bought was nearing the

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Two socks…and a colander

This photograph reveals a completely random parenting moment. As you can see, it is a colander containing a pair of Toddler Adams’ socks. The randomness of this collection of objects struck me as very amusing. I have no idea why she decided to take her socks off, place them in a colander and transport this

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