House. And I have re-trained as a Barre a disability and I create content for 1995 instructor and I am teaching at Barrecore an internet platform for families, Helen Dyson (Rice) writes: Earlier fitness studios in London. I’m loving my Undivided.io. this year I received funding from Arts new career. 1987 Council England to research and develop Lucinda Smith (Humphreys) writes: Sarah Chambers writes: My first book a female-led cabaret show based on the I have three pieces of news from the One-Armed Jack: Uncovering the Real story of a woman called Edith Brookes last year. First and most important, Jack the Ripper by Sarah Bax Horton was who died in my local park (Hillsborough, my granddaughter, Hazel, was born, Sheffield) in 1902, doing a parachute daughter of son, George, and his published by Michael O’Mara Books in jump stunt from a hot air balloon. The girlfriend, Georgia. I was elected as a August 2023. It is now available in several show is in its very early stages and member of the Council of the Institution formats, with a copy in the College we hope to have something to share of Civil Engineers, a three-year term Library! As a non-fiction re-examination with a local audience by the end of the helping with strategy and governance of the original police investigation written year. Huge thanks to Somerville's Alice at this vital time of change. I am very in honour of my Whitechapel police Horsman Fund which allowed me to take aware of the urgent need for prioritising ancestor, it has had an extraordinary time to complete the challenging ACE and innovating as I also completed an response from global news and TV application! My debut poetry pamphlet, MSc Climate Change at Birkbeck, part of outlets. I am continuing to write on the I’m Not Your Mother, was published at University of London. subject of the Whitechapel murders, and the end of August. will speak in College at Somerville Creates on 23rd November. Jane Aspell has been promoted to Suzanne Heywood writes: This year Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at my biography Wavewalker which tells Anglia Ruskin University. the story of my 10 years growing up Richard West-Soley (West) writes: on a boat (which culminated in my I was recently awarded a fully funded admittance to Somerville) was published scholarship to begin a PhD in Linguistics in paperback. I have also joined the board at the University of Edinburgh this of Clarivate, alongside the other September. I'll be researching the governance positions I hold at Exor enregisterment of British English dialects (including Chairing CNH and Iveco Group). through circulated media from the 19th LUCINDA SMITH'S GRANDDAUGHTER, HAZEL It was a wonderful surprise to be included century onwards, continuing a MSc in The King’s 2024 Honours list - it has research study I conducted into Black 1986 been a very long journey to here from a Country English. The Linguistics PhD Jackie Watson is delighted to be yacht in the South Pacific! continues a thread that stretches right working in Alumni Relations at Somerville, back to my Somerville days under the after a 30 year teaching career (latterly 1990 tutelage of Dr Suerbaum - I've always as Vice Principal at Oxford Spires Caroline Derry has been appointed been professionally involved with Academy, just off the Cowley Road). Professor of Feminism, Law and Society language in one way or another since It has been a good year, as it also saw at The Open University. then! I also published a book in August the publication of her first academic 2023, AI for Language Learners, which is monograph, Epistolary Courtiership and 1992 my small contribution to the burgeoning Dramatic Letters: Thomas Overbury Donna Mc Laughlin writes: In spring field of AI in education. and the Jacobean Playhouse (Edinburgh 2024, I turned 50, entered a civil Nicola Nice (Lindsey) writes: I published University Press), which explores careers partnership and I left the NHS. My new my first book with Countryman Press, at the court of James VI and I and their adventures are to finish my PhD which titled The Cocktail Parlor: How Women dramatic echoes. I had been juggling alongside full time Brought the Cocktail Home. The Cocktail work since 2019. This is a sociological Parlor gives women their long-overdue Karen Cull (Ford) writes: I continue to study considering what is valued within spotlight in cocktail history and cocktail live in Redondo Beach in Los Angeles an employment interview, why certain culture today. Whether it’s a happy County in the USA with my husband groups appear to be favoured by this hour punch a là Martha Washington or a Prof Nick Cull who teaches at USC. I process and how this is being disrupted Harlem Renaissance-inspired Green Skirt, have three sons. The oldest is at USC with new approaches to recruitment. I am we learn how many of the ingredients studying Political Science/Pre-Law, and also focusing on developing my leadership and drinks we’re familiar with today the youngest is starting High School. and executive coaching practice having would not be here without the hostesses Our middle son, who happens to have established my own independent practice who served them first. Down syndrome is entering the new in 2021. I remain a non-executive 1998 world of adult services and hopefully director of The Health Creation Alliance in a few years one of the new TPSID and have been appointed to the Steering Barbara J. Gabrys continued teaching college programs. I have recently trained Group of Queen Bee Coaching, which mindfulness meditation in the College as a special education advocate to help is part of the Pankhurst Centre in in Michaelmas and Hilary Terms. As other parents navigate the complex US Manchester (Queen Bee Coaching - a Zen master, she leads Zen training education system with child with PankhurstProjects.org Manchester). and weekly meditation of Zenspace 30