Reasons to be cheerful? Really? REALLY? Reasons to be cheerful, when the four horsemen of the Apocalypse are polishing their saddles and the price of cat food is higher than a bottle of wine? Honestly, can anyone find much to be cheerful about in these dismal, dark and chaotic days? The newspapers are mean-spirited and joyless, the departure lounges of airports and the platforms of railway stations are crowded with lost souls, and you’d be hard-pushed to find any playful smiles on the petrol station forecourts. But it’s June, the sun is shining, the fledglings have left their nests, the peonies are exploding into colour and there is a treasure trove of material for comedians and satirists. Things might seem relentlessly awful, and we can’t obliterate that, but let’s change our gaze and find some little nuggets of cheer that women can bring us.  SO MANY POSSIBILITIES…. What follows is a random selection of reasons to be cheerful, suggested by feminist friends, colleagues and MK Fawcett