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  • The Sotonettes and Jane Austen

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    To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mansfield Park being published, we chose Jane Austen to read and discuss this month at the Sotonettes Book Club. The main book was Northanger Abbey, but any book was up for discussion, and we did talk about them all – Mansfield Park, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, and of…

  • Diabetes Week – 8th to 14th June 2014

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    Diabetes Week is Diabetes UK’s annual awareness and fundraising week. Laura Davis, one of the Sotonettes, writes about her experiences. She also runs a website for women with diabetes at http://www.womenwithdiabetes.co.uk/ As a type 1 diabetic, I wanted to share this with you and help make some noise about diabetes. I have been diabetic for…

  • Bread!

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    Today is the last day of Real Bread Maker Week, which has run from the 10th to the 16th of May 2014. I have long dreamt of being able to make a loaf or roll as good as those I get in the lovely little Hampshire bakeries, but never thought I had the time or…

  • WI Campaigning – Interesting Listening

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    For anyone interested in the WI’s campaigns, there have been a few interesting and topical public discussions over the last few days. Maternity Services: In relation to increasing the number of midwives and improving maternity care I’ve noticed lots of discussions on social networks about personal experiences of labour at home, in birthing units and…

  • Organ Donation

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    This year the WI is proposing to support a resolution on increasing organ donation. It is about having those awkward conversations to tell your loved ones what you would like to happen once you have enjoyed your life and died, and whether you want to be able to help others who would otherwise have their…

  • Where do resolutions come from?

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    We’re writing a series of blogs on the WI tradition of campaigning and the issues that are relevant to the women of today.  If you missed our earlier post, find it here to get to know the history of WI campaigns. We wanted to find out how resolutions came to be and how they evolve…