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December

MasterChef's Mr Tasty: Gallic charm, twinkly eyes, and he does the cooking at home! No wonder Britain’s women love him, Daily Mail, 29 Dec 2011
Why politicians can’t do pop culture, Yahoo News, 23 Dec 2011

Website Of The Week: The best travel bits of the internet in 2011, Daily Mail, 21 Dec 2011

All booked up for 2012, Independent, 20 Dec 2011
'Horrible Histories' cast: 'Starting small was crucial', Digital Spy, 18 Dec 2011
Sale cafe scoops award, The Messenger, 18 Dec 2011
The new flashmob – breastfeeding mothers come out into the open, The Guardian, 15 Dec 2011
Make sure it's a hit when buying a gift for Miss, The Telegraph, 15 Dec 2011
Delivering better maternity care, The Guardian, 14 Dec 2011
Toy signs changed after Hamleys accused of sexism, The Telegraph, 13 Dec 2011
Feminists claim victory in toy signs fight, The FT, 12 Dec 2011
Come the revolution, Sister – if we can afford it, New Model Journalism, 12 Dec 2011
But it’s yummy, mummy, The Sunday Times, 11 Dec 2011
Take care, girls, or you’ll end up a Jolie No-Mates, The Sunday Times, 11 Dec 2011
Why all parents have a favourite child, The Telegraph. 11 Dec 2011
Gate mates, The Sunday Times, 11 Dec 2011
Time for better miscarriage care?, www.FemaleFirst.co.uk, 6 Dec 2011

In their rush to save the economy, politicians forget about the people, and the gulf widens between rich and poor, The Telegraph, 5 Dec 2011
The Telegraph talks to ToyNews' Mumsnetters, Toy News, 5 Dec 2011
Holiday shopping a balancing act for Brits, UPI .com , 4 Dec 2011
The price of Christmas: £112.50 per child, The Sunday Telegraph, 4 Dec 2011
Trudie Styler: 'I don't live by people's approval. I never have, The Independent, 4 Dec 2011

Anger of parents charged to see their own children's nativity plays, Daily Mail, 3 Dec 2011

The beauty of giving, Kidderminster Shuttle, 3 Dec 2011
Women 'will bear brunt of Osborne austerity drive', Daily Mail, 2 Dec 2011

Want to know how much Mumsnet users are spending this Xmas? Toy News Online, 2 Dec 2011
Why Ed Miliband's Favourite Biscuit Isn't A Biscuit, The Huffington post, 1 Dec 2011

November

Littlewoods Christmas advert slated across numerous online platforms for “killing the magic of Christmas”, WaveMetrix.com, 30 Nov 2011
An uncomfortable fit whatever the shoe size, The Times, 29 Nov 2011
Who could take their children to work? BBC News, 28 Nov 2011
Don't put your children on the stage, Mrs Mensch, The Guardian, 27 Nov 2011
Why it’s time for parents to buy less and play more, The Times, 26 Nov 2011
Cameron on the naughty step after telling parents to take children to work, The Times, 25 Nov 2011
David Cameron, we have a few questions for you…, The Guardian, 25 Nov 2011
Fury as ‘mums bring prezzies’ ad ruins the magic of Christmas, The Sun, 25 Nov 2011
Barack Obama urged to shut down LittleGossip website, BBC News, 24 Nov 2011
Hundreds of Mumsnet and Facebook users slam Littlewoods Christmas campaign, Eparent.co.uk, 23 Nov 2011
Childhood follies that can hurt a reputation, The Financial Times, 23 Nov 2011
Mumsnet and Littlewood's 'little darlings', Business Weekly, 23 Nov 2011
School chiefs praise fight to save primary, The Evening Standard, 23 Nov 2011
All rape is serious. Ken Clarke should know better than to incur the ire of the Mumsnet voters, Daily Mail, 23 Nov 2011
Ed Balls's soppy tears are enough to make you weep, The Telegraph, 23 Nov 2011
Online etiquette, The Times Literary Supplement, 22 Nov 2011

Family-friendly policies key to recruiting and retaining women, says Mumsnet founder, Acas, 18 Nov 2011
Mothercare racks up £82m loss, The Daily Telegraph, 17 Nov 2011
Mumsnet Partners With Savoo To Offer Weekly Deals, Affiliates4u.com, 17 Nov 2011
Average family Stuggling with £10,600 debts, The Daily Express, 16 Nov 2011
Law firm recognised for family-friendly initiatives, The Bussiness Desk, 15 Nov 2011

These charmless commentators, Spiked, 14 Nov 2011

Morrissey, how could you? Fans of The Smiths horrified as 'anti-establishment' band allows John Lewis to use song in Christmas TV ad, The Daily Mail , 14 Nov 2011
Simon Read: Banks' discrimination is out of order and must be stamped out, The Independent, 12 Nov 2011
Night parking charges will put women in danger, says Mumsnet, Parent Pages, 12 Nov 2011
Night parking charges will put women in danger, says Mumsnet, The Evening Standard, 11 Nov 2011
Banks stand accused of treating women customers unfairly, The Independent, 11 Nov 2011
Family brands can reap rewards, Marketing Week, 9 Nov 2011
Citizens Advice report falls victim to libel threats, The Guardian, 9 Nov 2011
Flu vaccination for all children, Inside Ireland.ie, 9 Nov 2011
Opinion: Poster industry hit by political grandstanding, Campaign India, 8 Nov 2011
Be ‘Loud and proud’ about family-friendly policies, says Mumsnet founder, Legal Support Network.co.uk, 8 Nov 2011
The mother of all stain removing tips, The Guardian Fashion blog, 8 Nov 2011
Tony Parsons: No sign of departure yet for a truly top-flight author, The Independent, 9 Nov 2011
Burberry, Angry Birds and Mumsnet launch first Google+ brand pages, The Telegraph, 8 Nov 2011
Should children be given the flu vaccination?, Female First Magazine, 7 Nov 2011
Google to combine Google+ Pages for brands with search, Silicon Republic, 8 Nov 2011
Be ‘Loud and proud’ about family-friendly policies, says Mumsnet founder, People Management, 7 Nov 2011
Major brands sign up for Google+ UK launch, Marketing Magazine, 7 Nov 2011
Google announces Google+ pages for brands, Campaigns India, 7 Nov 2011
The Malcontent On:Mumsnet, The Oxford Student , 6 Nov 2011
Starting a family causes 10% of serious debt, PR Web, 5 Nov 2011
Starcom MediaVest wins mumsnet award, Institute of Practioners in Advertising, ipa.com, 5 Nov 2011
Business News: Pearson and P&G seal family-friendly awards, Coventry Telegraph, 4 Nov 2011

E Jane Dickson: Women drowning in debt? You can't blame it all on expensive shoes, The Independent, 4 Nov 2011

Mumsnet hands P&G 'family friendly' endorsement, NewMediaAge.com, 3 Nov 2011

That’s our baby! Award-winning child monitoring systems now available online from the BT Shop, WebWire, 3 Nov 2011
Mumsnet hands P&G “family friendly” endorsement, Marketing Week, 2 Nov 2011
NHS should provide children with flu vaccine: Parents, News Tonight , 1 Nov 2011

October

Celebrity Crushes: The lust list for women who should really know better, Irish Independent, 27 Oct 2011
Mrs Cameron's Diary, The Guardian, 26 Oct 2011
Schoolboy error in children's books, The Guardian Blog, 26 Oct 2011
Pushchair fault could tip it over, The Press Association , 26 Oct 2011
Bugaboo stops shipments of Bee pushchair following safety scare, The Guardian, 25 Oct 2011
Openness vs Privacy - Press Panel at AOP Summit 2011, YouTube, 25 Oct 2011
Race Online 2012 unveils host of brand partners, Marketing Magazine, 24 Oct 2011
Pregnancy, the fitness motivator:Expectant mothers want to give their children the best possible start, The Daily Mail, 21 Oct 2011

And the award goes to...Martin Wolf.., oh no it doesn't!, Media Guardian, 20 Oct 2011
Websites should carry libel risks for anonymous posts, BBC News, 20 Oct 2011
Mumsnet joins drinkaware to help parents talk to preteens, Harpers Wine and Spirit Trade Review, 20 Oct 2011
Websites 'should carry libel risk for anonymous comments', Digital Spy, 20 Oct 2011
The football league is champion so tell the foreign owners there is life beyond the top flight, The Daily mail, 20 Oct 2011
Are family contracts the way forward for working parents?, Chartered Management Institute, 19 Oct 2011
Women aren't just photo opportunities Mr Cameron, The Daily Mail, 18 Oct 2011
Let's talk about alcohol- the new birds and bees, BBC News Online, 18 Oct 2011
Liz Fraser Interview, BBC Cambridge, 17 Oct 2011
Why are children so fat? Check their morning cereal? The Evening Standard, 14 Oct 2011
David Cameron backs whistleblowing site to crack down on raunchy ads, The Guardian, 12 Oct 2011
About 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage, but is the right treatment and care being provided?, BBC Radio 4 Womans Hour, 11 Oct 2011
Miscarriage 'neglected' , ITV News, itv.com, 10 Oct 2011

Women who suffered miscarriages are being put through emotional torture when they are placed in the same wards as mothers and babies, BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show, 10 Oct 2010

Mumsnet says women who miscarry are treated insensitively, BBC Radio 5 Live, 10 Oct 2011

Campaign launched to improve NHS care for women after miscarriage, The Guardian, 10 Oct 2011

Women who miscarry are 'neglected by the Health Service', The Independent, 10 Oct 2011
'Thousands of women who lose babies put in wards with new mothers', The Daily Mail, 10 Oct 2011
'Women criticise miscarriage care' BBC News, 10 Oct 2011
'Anger at care standards for women who miscarry', The Mirror, 10 Oct 2011
'Campaign launched to improve care for women after miscarriage' Marieclaire.co.uk, 10 Oct 2011
'How NHS worsens the agony of miscarriage' The Scotsman, 10 Oct 2011

63% miscarry at home without adequate pain relief', Nursing Times, 10 Oct 2011

Conservatives announce new childcare help for part-time parents, BBC Daily Politics , 7 Oct 2011
Are our kids oversexualised, The Independent, 4 Oct 2011

There's more to life than pop porn, The Herald Scotland, 3 Oct 2011

Thousands of new mothers suffer in silence with postnatal depression, The Daily Telegraph, 3 Oct 2011

The mothers abandoned to postnatal depression, The Guardian, 3 Oct 2011

Nobody thinks you're an 'all right luv sort', David, The Guardian, 2 Oct 2011

September

'How children aged just 10 are being given lessons on airbrushing to boost their self-esteem' Daily Mail, 30 Sep 2011
'European Hospitals Could Be Banned From Telling Expectant Parents If It's A Girl Or A Boy' Business Insider, 16 Sep 2011
'New parents need advice on umbilical cord card', NetDoctor, 15 Sep 2011
'Parents could be barred from knowing sex of unborn baby', Marie Claire, 12 Sep 2011
'Prezola appoints TheAgency,' The Drum, 12 Sep 2011
'New resolution could bar parents from knowing baby's sex.' Fox News, 12 Sep 2011

July

'New parents shun 'Cameron' and 'Nick' for baby names', Telegraph, 28 July 2011
'Three out of four mums wouldn't know what to do if their child suffers a severe allergic reaction to a wasp sting', Daily Mail, 27 July 2011
'You're not going out in that... why mums now dress like their daughters', Independent, 26 July 2011
'Low rates on children's accounts 'discouraging saving'', BBC, 24 July 2011

'From Mumsnet to Gransnet', Times Magazine, 23 July 2011
'Nick Clegg should run the country, not the kids to school', Telegraph, 13 July 2011
'Rise of the violent 'Little Emperors': Children lashing out at parents to get own way', Daily Mail, 11 July 2011
'Online activists take aim at Murdoch empire', Financial Times, 6 July 2011
'Twitter, Facebook and email is 'taking over family life'', Daily Mail, 6 July 2011
'News of the World loses adverts over Milly Dowler scandal', Telegraph, 5 July 2011
'Mumsnet launches blogging network', Marketing Week, 4 July 2011

June

'Parents splash out £1,677 on children's clothes, survey shows', Guardian, 30 June 2011
'Mumsnet take on Premiership clubs over 'rip-off' kits', Telegraph, 29 June 2011
'Rise in abductions by parents to non-treaty countries', BBC News, 29 June 2011
'Strike will shut up to 90 per cent of London schools', Evening Standard, 28 June 2011
'Mumsnet urges a million mothers to get behind our literacy campaign', Evening Standard, 22 June 2011
'School disco replaced by American prom', Telegraph, 17 June 2011
Meet the author: Justine Roberts on The Mumsnet Rules, BBC News, 16 June 2011
The Mumsnet Rules review, Guardian, 12 June 2011
The Mumsnet Rules review, Financial Times, 10 June 2011
'Disability cuts: A mother's cry for help, Mumsnet, and a media storm', Guardian, 9 June 2011
''Human Barbie' buys 7-year-old daughter boob job for her birthday', Metro, 8 June 2011
'Mumsnet launches app for its forums', Marketing, 8 June 2011
'Does Tiger Mum-style parenting get better results?', BBC, 8 June 2011
'Mums net a victory', Guardian, 6 June 2011
'Bailey review: end 'pornification' of Britain's children', Telegraph, 6 June 2011
'Shops urged to act over sexualised clothing', Scotsman, 6 June 2011
'Tiger Mum v Mumsnet: The mother of all battles', Independent, 5 June 2011
'Young minds . . . and the dirty bits (in Aristophanes)', The Times, 4 June 2011
'Cameron-backed report to protect children from commercialisation', Guardian, 3 June 2011
'London's supermum', Evening Standard, 2 June 2011
'Mumsnet's boycott of brands insults members', New Media Age, 2 June 2011

May

'Hay Festival: Amy Chua interview', Telegraph, 23 May 2011
'4 out of 10 parents spend up to £500 on children's parties', Telegraph, 21 May 2011
'Twitter sex therapist exposed', Guardian, 20 May 2011
'The parental spending craze', BBC, 17 May 2011
'The pick of the coming week in the Commons and Lords', BBC, 16 May 2011
'Special investigation: Inside the migrant maternity ward where the NHS is struggling to cope', Daily Mail, 7 May 2011
'Wake up to a new dawn of grey power', Telegraph, 5 May 2011
'Mothers put children at risk from sun', Daily Express, 5 May 2011
'Mums-to-be hit out as tours of labour wards are axed', Glasgow Evening Times, 3 May 2011

April

'Cameron 'Calm down, dear' row; 'The PM's comment was a hot topic for debate on parenting website Mumsnet', Independent, 27 April 2011
'Mumsnetters, as several politicians have found out, are not backwards in coming forward with their opinions. And they love Gareth Malone', Daily Telegraph, 26 April 2011
'MPs moan that the job isn't family-friendly', Daily Mail, 18 April 2011
Mumsnet TV series to 'help and advise mums', Independent, 18 April 2011

'Whingeing MPs demand more time off from their 'stressful' jobs to see their families', Daily Mirror, 18 April 2011
'Third of MPs considered quitting over long hours' Mumsnet's House of Commons family friendly poll, Guardian, 16 April 2011
Website of the week: www.mumsnet.com/travel, Daily Mail, 7 April 2011
'I have sometimes struggled to put my finger on what I dislike so much about Mumsnet, but now I know – it's the mums.', Jemima Lewis in The Telegraph, 7 April 2011
'U.K.’s Mumsnet Forum Starts New Site for Nation’s Grandparents', Bloomberg, 4 April 2011
'A survey among users of the parenting website Mumsnet has found that the Royal family is the second-most important institution in the history of Great Britain, second only to Mumsnet', Guardian, 1 April 2011
'Dads launch class action against Mumsnet', BBC News, 1 April 2011

March

Labour party restructure: 'A new category of affiliated consultee might give pressure groups such as Mumsnet, or pensioners' groups, a formal voice in policymaking.', Daily Mail, 28 March 2011
'Mum's family chores worth £30k a year', Guardian, 29 March 2011
'Working mums spend 81 minutes a day looking after children', Daily Telegraph, 27 March 2011
'Fear of kettling puts families off protests', Independent, 25 March 2011
'Mumsnet is run by Jim Davidson, how's that for a conspiracy?', Daily Telegraph, 25 March 2011
'Good manners go off the menu', Daily Express, 25 March 2011
'Boden's bid for world domination', Daily Telegraph, 22 March 2011
'Mothers say UK firms not family-friendly', Daily Mail, 21 March 2011
'Meet some of the web’s most prolific purveyors of comment', Independent, 19 March 2011
'Mumsnet isn't representative of the 'squeezed middle'', Telegraph, 17 March 2011
'Influential Mumsnet turns on the government health reforms', Mirror, 17 March 2011
'Will Google ever be cleverer than Mumsnet?', Modern Marketing, 11 March 2011
'London's most influential women', Metro, 8 March 2011
'Over two thirds of mothers said they used social networks such as Mumsnet or Facebook to keep in touch with fellow parents.', Telegraph, 8 March 2011

February

'Farage endures trial by Mumsnet', BBC News, 24 February 2011
Breast milk ice-cream goes on sale', Metro, 23 February 2011
'Top stores agree to hide lads mags from children', Daily Mail, 23 February 2011
'Should women be given epidurals?', BBC News, 22 February 2011
Interview with Justine and Carrie, Scotsman, 22 February 2011
'Channel F's Head of Comedy 'concerned about "lobbying" from increasingly vociferous groups such as Mumsnet and people who are "very quick to take offence and are very kneejerk'', Guardian, 21 February 2011
'Toddlers in restaurants - a social battlefield', BBC, 16 February 2011
'Salmond woos Mumsnet', Herald Scotland, 16 February 2011
'And you thought you were neurotic!' Precious first borns", Mirror, 15 February 2011
'The power of parenting forums'", Telegraph, 12 February 2011
Chef Lorraine Pascale:"My friend texted me after the first show and said: 'They're liking you on Mumsnet. You've made it, whatever the viewing figures are!'", Evening Standard, 11 February 2011
'Influential online forum Mumsnet has surprised many by dropping its support for government plans to filter the web', The Lady, 11 February 2011
'Mumsnet abandons support for anti-pornography web filters', Telegraph, 11 February 2011
'Lidl nappies better than Pampers say Mumsnetters', Irish Independent, 2 February 2011

January

Coleen Nolan: 'There's a fantastic online community of mums, too', The Mirror, 31 January 2011
MPs back money lessons for pupils, London Evening Standard, 31 January 2011
Norks not nookies, The Observer apologises for muddling up Mumsnet terminology., Observer, 30 January 2011
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding 'Show bosses...slammed by users of influential website Mumsnet for portraying the gypsy communities in an unfair light., Metro, 26 January 2011
Mumsnet's champion Justine Roberts on family life, misogyny… and EastEnders, Observer, 23 January 2011
Mumsnet 'didn't demand EastEnders edits', Digital Spy, 20 January 2011
When Mumsnet speaks, politicians listen, BBC, 20 January 2011
PM has 'every sympathy' with family of disabled child, BBC, 20 January 2011
David Cameron attracts wrath of Mumsnet over care of disabled children, The Times, 20 January 2011
'Put my daughter in care' says mother, Guardian, 20 January 2011
Disabled girl's mother attacks PM, BBC Bristol, 20 January 2011
Disabled row mother, 'We are crumbling', Sky News, 20 January 2011
Women go mad for surprising new face cream, Marie Claire, 18 January 2011
League tables for toddlers will pile on the stress, London Evening Standard, 17 January 2011
'Mumsnet started in 2000 as a forum for people to swap parenting advice, but has slowly inflated into a reactionary offence machine.' How Mumsnet took on the mantle of the Nanny State , The Observer, 17 January 2011
'[Justine] was ringleader of a very noisy gang, and in a way she still is.' Justine and her mum in Relative Values , Sunday Times, 16 January 2011
'Justine Roberts of Mumsnet said women needed clarity after at least three changes of policy in her own child-rearing years' Science contradicts WHO breastfeeding guidance , The Guardian, 15 January 2011
'It's dicing with death to treat your audience with contempt' , Belfast Telegraph, 14 January 2011
Parents must understand the Facebook world , The Telegraph, 10 January 2011
Is modern life too sexy for our children? Report on sexualisation of young children, BBC Panorama, 10 January 2011
Bullying, bitching and boasting - and that's just the mums' Andrea Catherwood on the Mumsnet playground survey, Daily Mail, 10 Jan 2011
Fury over Sam's Plot - 'BBC bosses ask Mumsnet to help with storylines' The Sun, 8 Jan 2011
BBC's Jana Bennett responds to the Mumsnet letter on Eastenders The Daily Mail, 7 Jan 2011
Mumsnet brand EastEnders plot 'crass and insensitive' BBC News, 6 Jan 2011
EastEnders discuss plot U-turn as Mumsnet complains to BBC Mirror, 6 Jan 2011
ITV's Tonight programme explores the results of the Mumsnet survey on Kids Under Pressure ITV Tonight, 4 Jan 2011

Read Mumsnet letter to BBC about EastEnders cot death storyline

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