Over the last six weeks, I’ve been refining a chapter for an academic text book and received feedback from two reviewers – both with PhDs – and lots of experience with this kind of writing. Some valuable critique but no significant areas to re-write; surprising, (to me at least), given this is my first foray into the scholarly sphere and it’s been a bumpy ride – but that’s another whole story!

Before we continue, confirming that the title of this column is not a typo! Whilst this is the first time we’re meeting here, the column is so titled because I’ll be popping in each issue to share what I’ve been musing on through my academic research, as a result of my professional practice and, well, in the course of my life as a woman who loves ‘gossip’! Speaking of which…