Alfred Part 2
“Migrants take all new jobs in Britain reads the Rants headline followed by a story about how impossible it is to get a job in the UK if you are British. As well as this story there…
Lady Business Part 2
There was a pause, a moment of uncertainty, a chance to save himself, but then a defiant, “Yeah, Mum, I do.” Taking a deep breath, the Mother replied, “Do you want the short explanation or the long…
Lady Business! Part 1
Has your son ever asked you about periods?” asked the Mother’s friend Larissa one day, completely out of the blue. “Oh, God, yeah, he’s asked me about 100 times, ‘Mum, what are those cotton wool things in…
Hair – part 3
The hair salon itself is less ominous than the sinister rooms below, and once upstairs, she begins to relax again. Soon, she is plonked down in a comfy black chair, eagerly waiting for a hair wash. A…
Hair – part 2
This subterranean bunker always reminds the Mother of one thing and one thing alone – a backstreet abortionist. She isn’t sure if it’s the smell, the hideous cyclamen pink walls or the sterile metal bed. But all…
The Iron Lady – part 2
On arrival at the swimming pool, the Mother took her group to the girls’ communal changing area, and quickly chaos ensued. The second the girls were out of sight of the Iron Lady, their volume went through…
The Iron Lady
The story continues at the Church of Immaculate Conception Primary School “Esther, you’ll be in Year 5 today,” said the receptionist abruptly as the Mother arrived the next morning. Her name wasn’t actually Ester but she was…
Mass – part 3
The next day The Mother wanted to sit down; she wanted to lie down. She wanted to curl up in a warm bed with a cup of tea and a copy of Viz and stay there until…
