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When a book has you making notes in the margin… it’s got to be a sign, right? The last time I found myself doing this, it was in 2010...

Book Review: The Squirrel Who Worried

Yes, I appreciate it’s a children’s book…but hear me out! In the realms of pretty books… this one has a clear illustrative advantage,...

BOOK REVIEW: ‘No Such Thing as Normal’

’So, it’s not just me!’ #breatheshugesighofrelief It’s not very often that a book makes it onto our grid (in fact, this might be a first)...

TAKE ME BACK!

It’s always at this time of year - as the after-glow of summer begins to fade - that the holiday withdrawal symptoms return with a...

READER OFFER

Having not ventured far off the topic of hotels and hot weather in near-on a fortnight, it’s time to finally add a little discount-code...

BEEN THERE, BOUGHT THE T SHIRT!

There is so much about the joy of a holiday which is abstract, that sometimes (just sometimes) it helps to secure some tangible evidence...

‘Is that a wedding dress?’

Have you ever noticed, how the boundaries of acceptable fashion become blurred on holiday? What if most certainly NOT ok in normal...

Just a little something I ‘slipped on!’

With being on holiday, comes an ease of dressing that is almost impossible to replicate, in any other context of life. It’s defined, most...

Holiday style, from breakfast… to beach!

We’ve all heard of the concept of ‘day to night dressing,’ and the virtues of an outfit that seamlessly transcends the desk… to drinks....

No no! That wasn’t a question!

As much as I’m partial to jumping on the #ootd trend, I will also be the first to admit, there are days when style and sense of fashion...

GO-GO GADGET ARMS!!

To some….Trench coats are the height of trans-seasonal style statements. To me, there’s an uncanny resemblance in that belted...

‘No no, don’t say that!’

I’ve gotta say, I’ve always fancied myself as a bit of a mindreader. Not in a genuine I-think-I-might-be-psychic way, but rather in a...

‘Without hope or agenda. To me, Love Actually is perfect!’

It’s officially Love Actually season, and another chance to muse over this festive romcom’s unfailing ability to bring the ‘people not...

The ‘it’s not my time’ trend… and why I loathe it!

I’ve seen a lot of posts recently encouraging parents to disregard their feelings about household mess (not to mention a host of other...

Time Management: Debunking one of the most well-known techniques, for getting s*i* done!

So I spent a large part of last week, learning about 'The Pomodoro Technique', which is a productivy tool based on balancing periods of...

The life-changing power of…’yet!’

Apparently, ‘yet’ is one of the most powerful words you can have in your vocabulary. I suppose it’s kind of obvious, really, but in that...

The importance of…’marking the occasion’

I’ve always rather liked the idea of ‘marking the occasion.’ Of never letting something that’s important or significant…go...

Autumn… unpacked!

I probably say the same thing every year, but this autumn seems to have arrived, before summer even started. I find myself bemoaning the...

Buy a doer-upper, they said! It’ll be fun… they said!

Back in May, I wrote a post about whether ‘wellness’ (which is so widely linked to comfort and self-care) can ever thrive not just IN...

What if, what if, what if…..

This is a topic that I’ve penned a fair few articles on in the past, and not least because it’s a subject so close to my heart. Rather...

It’s a good start…

I’ve tried many, many morning hacks over the years, but none have had the longevity of this one . Among those that just didn’t ‘stick’,...