
I so hope my only daughter begins adult life with a little more self-belief and confidence that it has taken me years to find. When I was a girl and, actually many years from that time since, shy and tired eyed (thanks, Laura) I would kowtow and bite my lip. Old habits do die hard. For me, I would say retreat is always the best form of defence, I believe that in troubled times a dignified silence is best, if sometimes offering a feisty splutter in reverse. But from great adversity often comes… many things. Peaks [...]