Stay-at-home mothers

John Benton | Comment

Date posted: 1 May 2013

Ann was half-watching the BBC evening news recently while working on the Telegraph crossword.

Suddenly one of our church mums appeared on the screen. Ann sat up. Then a text beeped in from a daughter-in-law: ‘Was that Jo I just saw on the news?’

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Stay-at-home mothers

The re-emergence of heavy shepherds