Carole Pluckrose

I have been noticing something I find really powerful and I have been curious about it for a while. Even in the middle of a cost of living crisis, when people are cutting back on almost everything, they are still finding the money for weddings, engagements, funerals, milestone birthdays, naming days, memorials, leaving dos, anniversaries, wakes, celebrations of life, gathering and shared meals. There is definitely a trend to spend more carefully. But people still make room to mark significant...

Short Story Competition We are delighted to be partnering with  Pen to Print  and  By the Book  to inaugurate our first Women and Femme identifying writers short story competition. Get your entries in soon and spread the word to budding writers who have a story to tell! (with links to By The Book etc) Results will be announced on March 8th, International Women's Day! Get writing. More information  HERE .

Introduction On October 31st, All Hallows’ Eve, 65 women gathered at The Boathouse Studios for the very first Gathering Table , an evening of delicious food, story and song that brought women of different generations together to share and listen. I wanted to create a space that felt intimate and hopeful, a time for us to get together, share food and stories, laugh, connect across ages and experiences. In a world that feels fractured, this felt like a mini act of repair, a small, deliberate...