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Women by Women 25, ActionAid

<p>Where there were once fifty freshwater ponds, there is now only one</p>

Mushrooming

<p>Now I am no mushroom expert, but I can spot a chanterelle if I see one</p>

The Bloody Lioness

<p>Olivier’s head was sent to Nantes to be displayed on a pike. </p>

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Who are the dames?

We are a group of friends who have known one another for a long time. We’ve seen each other through childhood, teenage torment, work, play, marriage, motherhood, divorce, good times and bad times.

This is for women in their own right – not wives, not mums, not grans, not sex objects, not clothes horses.  

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Recent Blog Posts

September 29, 2025 |

The Bloody Lioness

Olivier’s head was sent to Nantes to be displayed on a pike.

September 15, 2025 |

Life-and-soul or Lifeless Soul?

‘No, you fool! I’m just making polite conversation.’

September 15, 2025 |

Active or passive?

The noise serves as a distraction and you follow it up by apologising loudly to all and sundry

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