Happy Friday! Although, I’ve only been at work for two days of it. I’ve been missing in action the past couple of weeks, a combination of head cold, tiredness and wanting to read all the things. Today, I’m at the hospital to have my foot fixed and I’ll be confined to indoors for a while and the plan is to be off work for the next six weeks, which is both exciting and daunting..

Here are this weeks links.

Food banks have become a lifeline for many, but where is the way out? I know I bang on about housing and poverty a lot. That’s because there’s a lot of it about..

Eldest children, IQ and personality. I don’t believe it.

Irish parents fight for access to education.

Too much choice can be a bad thing. Sing it…

Dressing like Cookie to overcome imposter syndrome. This is a great article, I have imposter syndrome, I always thought it was just being English!

Mark Thomas says what the entire country that isn’t Tory govt is thinking about China and Britain.