PHOTOGRAPH: STOCKSY
There are two types of mother in my family: those who know how to have fun (hello, Mum) and those who know – mostly – responsibility and service. Every time my extended family come together, the room is filled with those topping up glasses and mopping up mess, and those making it. I have raucous, exuberant aunts who dance till sunrise, and others who spend the entire party on kitchen duty. ‘Well-behaved women seldom make history.’ I chew on this one a lot. I wonder if it’s possible to be both square and firecracker; disruptor and keeper of the peace.