Archive - Body of Work

Wow, people really hate placentas

And other things I learned online this week

Aug 7 •

July 2025

Manslaughter, old men and moving house

A week in maternity (and my life)

Jul 3 •

June 2025

Substacking while the world burns

What to say when there are no words

Jun 23 •

May 2025

Why there's only one reason to search a woman's phone

And what midwives have to do with it

May 21 •

What authors really do on publication day

Featuring Sue Perkins, vulnerability hangovers and a terrifying car wash

May 9 •

April 2025

March 2025

I feel weird about the internet

Should I bite the virtual hand that feeds me?

Mar 29 •

On teaching, learning and redemption

Mar 18 •

The Mother's Day Industrial Complex

Are you buying it?

Mar 10 •

February 2025

My (new) adventures in midwifery

Feb 26 •

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