Eleanor's Letter
The Queenager newsletter, a personal letter from NOON founder Eleanor
Eleanor's Letter: Christmas came early for NOON
NOON had a banner week, with a rollicking Christmas party and officially becoming the voice for women in midlife in the media
When the midlife collision keeps coming...
Even when we think we've finally got midlife sorted, you have a week like the one I just had...
Eleanor's Letter: Alcohol & other things we inherit as mothers and daughters
What legacies do we get from our mothers ... and what do we hand down to daughters? Eleanor Mills spoke with a mother-daughter duo who have both struggled with alcohol. They share their emotional 'pack ice' and the family's difficult legacy
Eleanor's letter: Why we're only in the foothills of the gender revolution
A week that began with the Budget brings reminders that things are improving ... but not there yet
The Queenager: Why I hate Halloween
It comes from the pagan festival Samhain which marked the turn of the year, mourning those we have lost, remembering the dead. But now it's all sweets and plastic tat
Am I the only one who thinks it's scary for all the wrong reasons?
What to do on your sad-anniversaries
How to weather with our sad-anniversaries – anniversaries of our loved ones' deaths? Eleanor Mills contemplates the day
What my week of coping with death showed me
This week for Eleanor Mills was one of family illness and the funeral of a friend. The depth of sadness also teaches us something valuable, she says
