Girl guides can now earn badges for activities such as "fandoms", being a "booktivist" and sharing their "guiding sparkle". For only the second time in Girlguiding's long history, new badges have been ...

Whitsun 1971 and I was delirious with excitement. At 11 years old, I was about to go on my first Girl Guide camp. I can still remember the musty smell of the canvas ridge tents as we tugged them out ...