Germany
I am based in the UK and Germany and write honestly about real life, women, politics, parenting, friendships and more.
I write articles, scripts, poetry and memoir based pieces.
Laughing through lockdown thanks to Suzy Harvey, a laughter yoga teacher
NATALIE Dimmock, 41, is a marketing director and lives in Godalming, Surrey, with her daughter Tiger, nine months. "Mopping up sick from my shoulder, I jiggled my daughter up and down to stop her crying.
It's just after Christmas, but despite the nation-wide lockdown in Germany I am finding myself in a tightly spaced group of women, swinging our Nordic walking sticks through some magically snow-dusted woods near Teutoburger forest.
I anxiously watched the image as the doctor pushed down on my belly, to no reaction. ‘I am sorry,’ he said, ‘the heartbeat has stopped.’
Bev's beautiful daughter Mel gave birth as a solo mum, using IVF and a donor.
An Independent product review. As a lifelong fan of Playmobil ever since my grandma brought my sister and me to the zoo for Christmas in 1986, I was curious to see that my favourite toy brand now also offers Covid-19 face masks.
Debate piece, why I don't think it's good to fake it
Look What Brexit Made Me Do is a week long series that looks at the extreme decisions people have made as a result of the uncertainty about what will actually happen after 29 March. Yesterday I sat on a plane, travelling from the UK to the German town where I lived until I was 19.
Love lives on, and your departed loved ones can save lives even from the afterlife.