September 2019 | The Motherload

Five Reasons Why Kids Love Strictly

I'd never dare say this out loud in a room full of people but *whispers* I'm not really a fan of Strictly Come Dancing. I've nothing against it, but I'm more of a gritty-dramas-edgy-comedy kinda girl. However, having seen my…

By Alison McGarragh-Murphy

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Spiderwoman: Why Lady Hale Is Our New Superhero

Since Parliament was shut down by Boris Johnson's Government, we've been holding out for a hero. Someone who could restore democracy, someone who could allow Parliament to scrutinise the Brexit negotiations rather than letting The Blonde and his lethargic mate…

By Miranda

MOLOzine

The Importance of Buying Books

For such an avid reader, I never used to pay any attention to the process of how a book moved from an idea in an author’s head to the bound book in my hand. Books were, and still are, my…

By Clara Wilcox

MOLOzine

Quit Meghan Bashing, Baby Breaks Make Us Better Mums

Meghan Markle faced yet another bashing in the press last week for "abandoning" baby Archie to jet off to New York to watch mate Serena Williams play tennis. I know how she feels. Not the ‘being a princess and having…

By Emily Cleary

MOLOzine

After School Clubbing

When my youngest was tiny I used to watch the Children’s TV Presenters on CBeebies with their nuclear-grade smiles and neon clothes and want to weep on their behalf. I knew how they felt on a Saturday morning when they’d…

By Lisa Timoney

MOLOzine

The Motherload Book Club: Our September Bookshelf

Mine by Clare Empson A second novel from an author whose first novel you loved is a funny thing. Will you decide the glorious first novel was a one-hit wonder, or will this book seal the deal and elevate the…

By Laura Pearson

MOLOzine

It All Goes So Quickly…

It all goes so quickly! Pass me the worn out copy of Groundhog day (Columbia pictures, 1993) whilst I don't smile, and don't nod in agreement. Early motherhood is a shit storm, right? So let's not go pretending that it's…

By Freyja Torn

MOLOzine

We Need to Talk About Stillbirth

I’m Liberty’s Mother. My first child, my daughter Liberty, was stillborn at 36 weeks in 2011. Until the day she died, I was told by the health team that I was having a ‘text book pregnancy’. At my 36 week…

By Sophie Alagna

Five Reasons Why Kids Love Strictly

Spiderwoman: Why Lady Hale Is Our New Superhero

The Importance of Buying Books

Quit Meghan Bashing, Baby Breaks Make Us Better Mums

After School Clubbing

The Motherload Book Club: Our September Bookshelf

It All Goes So Quickly…

We Need to Talk About Stillbirth

Why Are Our Bits SUCH A Taboo?

Sea-lioning & Parenting Groups: What is it?

Starting School: The Hug Button

We Need To Talk About The Menopause

F**k; My Flexible Working Request Has Been Rejected. What Do I Do Now?

A Million Pieces: Maternal Mental Health

Network Marketing: A Cult For Mums?

You Know You’re a Mum of Twins When…

The Truth About: Poonamis

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