The new brand NRBY very kindly sent me last year a pair of their luxe joggers to say thank you for me mentioning them in a piece in the paper (the gift came after the fact, I ought to point out). They had underestimated the size of my arse and they were a little tight, and I thought anyway they… View Post
I am adrift at the moment. My children have gone back to school, which is fabulous for absolutely everyone concerned, but having hollowed out my life completely in order to accommodate them, it’s hard to fill that vacuum with things again. Especially as they will be bounding back any minute now for the summer holidays. But the fact remains, I… View Post
I have been finding it hard to read recently – but two books that I found myself able to focus on and return to were Negative Capability by Michèle Roberts and Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby. If you’re not familiar with Michèle Roberts, as I confess I wasn’t until recently, she is a half-English, half-French reasonably grand author of… View Post
The other day, one of those really sunny ones, I was out searching for my cat, Mo Tenzing. Since Spring has arrived he’s been wandering off a lot. I don’t blame him, the world is an exciting place and there are things to see and do and pounce on and friends to make and dogs to bother. But we miss… View Post
The whole of the Zara website is a crime scene at the moment except for this “rustic” top, which I bought, which is absolutely fantastic and looks like it is by Chloe and costs £500 but it is only £15.99. Here is the link to it and it is NOT an affiliate link – that’s how much I like this… View Post
There’s that thing people say, about hitting rock bottom. It goes “something, something, something… but the good thing is the only way is up”. But, hang on… surely that’s not true. Going back up is not an inevitability – surely you can bounce along at rock bottom for some time. Perhaps forever? I hit my personal rock bottom some time… View Post
The having or not having of a personal style has bothered me for years. Why am I not one of those people who sort of looks basically the same every day? Why one day do I want to wear a tea dress and the next day want to dress like Evan Dando circa 1994? This is clearly not okay and… View Post
I’m borderline obsessed by big pants at the moment. Big pants and whether or not to get the closed-toe kind of Birkenstock. First: pants. I always put off buying pants because I have got what is commonly termed as a hungry bum and all pants just get wedged up there and it’s AWFUL. Famously, you can’t try pants on in… View Post
I had this the other day and it was absolutely terrific. If I had it again I would make it with the modifications below. For the slaw 1/4 red cabbage 1/4 small white cabbage 1/4 small fennel bulb a carrot 1 red pepper, seeds out, sliced 1 spring onion small handful mint small handful coriander handful of cashew nuts, toasted… View Post