Columnists: Mum At Large

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Letters: 'Farewell and good luck Mum at Large'

Mum At Large: Leaving you with my all-time favourite joke as I move to pastures new

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Mum At Large: An emotional treasure trove of clutter

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Mum At Large: Swearing is not big and it’s not clever - it's Ferry rude

MUM AT LARGE: Over the past 30 years, when getting ready to go out, I have had to rely on the views of my husband and sons. Funnily enough, everything I have ever put on in all that time has, apparently, looked ‘fine’.

MUM AT LARGE: Over the past 30 years, when getting ready to go out, I have had to rely on the views of my husband and sons. Funnily enough, everything I have ever put on in all that time has, apparently, looked ‘fine’.

Mum At Large: How do I look? Fine...

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Mum At Large: Sons will do anything to avoid shopping with mum

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

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Mum At Large: I thought I knew my husband

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Mum At Large: Baby books failed to tell me that I would have to become a packhorse

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Mum At Large: I'm turning into a grumpy old woman

Mum At Large: Pounding the streets of Rome for holiday gift

Mum At Large: Pounding the streets of Rome for holiday gift

Mum At Large: Pounding the streets of Rome for holiday gift

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

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Mum At Large: University not teaching son cost vs benefit analysis

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Mum At Large: Guess who?

Mum At Large: My four older sons regressed back to childhood patterns of behaviour on a mother-and-sons bonding break

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Mum At Large: All aboard the "kindergarten flight"

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Mum At Large: Journey from hell on the M25 with four young children

Sharon Griffiths, our former columnist who will be much missed

Sharon Griffiths, our former columnist who will be much missed

Letters: 'Sharon Griffiths, the friend I never met'

LAST STRAW: Mother-and son high-viz jackets

LAST STRAW: Mother-and son high-viz jackets

Mum At Large: When teenage boys hate being seen in public with their mothers

TIME'S UP: Raised in rural Ireland, where superstitions run rife and many believe that if any decorations are still up after Twelfth Night the household will suffer bad luck all year

TIME'S UP: Raised in rural Ireland, where superstitions run rife and many believe that if any decorations are still up after Twelfth Night the household will suffer bad luck all year

Mum At Large: Christmas is back in its box

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Mum At Large: Not hanging back

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Mum At Large: Grin and bear it

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Mum at Large: The final cut

Ruth Campbell is Mum at Large

Ruth Campbell is Mum at Large

Mum at Large: A wee cat

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Mum at Large: Ritual slip-up

MUM AT LARGE: Last month we lost our IT specialist, computer repair guy and home entertainments guru to university

MUM AT LARGE: Last month we lost our IT specialist, computer repair guy and home entertainments guru to university

Mum at Large: What's IT all about?

My son sent me a picture of his 'plans for this evening' - a mixing bowl filled with a disgusting looking liquid, with four coloured straws in it, surrounded by playing cards

My son sent me a picture of his 'plans for this evening' - a mixing bowl filled with a disgusting looking liquid, with four coloured straws in it, surrounded by playing cards

Mum At Large: Alone at last

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Mum At Large: Furry welcome

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Mum at Large: Organising family holidays with painstaking military precision

Cheers to Love Island

Cheers to Love Island

Mum At Large: Letting my soon-to-be-15-year-old son loose on Love Island

Ruth Campbell is Mum At Large

Ruth Campbell is Mum At Large

Mum At Large: Brotherly love... for now

Ruth Campbell is Mum At Large

Ruth Campbell is Mum At Large

Mum At Large: Fearing the worst

Mum At Large: Thanks, Jezza

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Home from home

Mum at Large: Ruth Campbell

Mum at Large: Ruth Campbell

Writing on the wall

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

I'm a constant embarrassment to my teenage sons

I needed a doctorate in technology along with a degree in physics and mechanics to even begin to understand what the rugby boots salesman was saying

I needed a doctorate in technology along with a degree in physics and mechanics to even begin to understand what the rugby boots salesman was saying

It's hard work being a rugby mum

RUMBLED: Ruth Campbell

RUMBLED: Ruth Campbell

101 reasons to have a snoop at an old love letter

Call me Moneypenny

Call me Moneypenny

Call me Moneypenny

Ruth Campbell is Mum at Large

Ruth Campbell is Mum at Large

Brotherly love

Ruth Campbell is Mum at Large

Ruth Campbell is Mum at Large

Mum's in charge

“A new car is wasted on you, you’ll have it wrecked in no time,” said my eldest when he heard I'd bought a new car

“A new car is wasted on you, you’ll have it wrecked in no time,” said my eldest when he heard I'd bought a new car

New car smell... but not for long according to my sons

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Techno no-no

Perhaps it's time to stop Christmas traditions when your children are all grown up

Perhaps it's time to stop Christmas traditions when your children are all grown up

Mess around with Christmas traditions at your peril

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Bagpuss mum

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

The C word

MUM AT LARGE: I've declared war on sugar and my children are not impressed

MUM AT LARGE: I've declared war on sugar and my children are not impressed

Children not impressed by my war on sugar

COLD WAR: The battle over the thermostat has begun

COLD WAR: The battle over the thermostat has begun

Cold war hots up as the battle over the thermostat begins again

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Love survives

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Taking a chance

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TV troubles

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Whirl of a time

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Back to the Eighties

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

MUM AT LARGE: Ruth Campbell

Dressing up

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What's in a date?

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Time to chill

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