A swan and a lark: why the Government’s new childcare report may be the stone that kills both birds

The Government’s new childcare report was launched last week by Elizabeth Truss MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary for State (education and...

Politics is not welcome in the nursery

I write this blog with a sense of anger and despair. Even playing Verdi very loudly and...

Childcare is flavour of the week and quickly becoming a political football. I wish we had an...

We are all aware that the cost of childcare is too expensive for many parents. Yet the...

Hurrah, the press finally have something new to focus on now the Duchess is having a Royal...

An invitation to speak at the Early Arts UnConference at the MAC in Birmingham led to my...

Admit it, you're either going on a diet, thinking about a diet or have just given up...

At the recent summer NDNA conference, Professor Kathy Sylva revealed the findings of a research on parental...

When the weather is raining and grey, I often like to go to see a film in...

When I started working with children many many years ago, I never envisaged talking about children and...

On Friday, I was delighted to be able to give the keynote speech to the staff of...

I am very pleased to be able to represent LEYF as a member of Professor Cathy Nutbrown’s...