Whenever I’m talking about having children or being a parent in any kind of philosophical way, I will always inevitably reach for the phrase “We all have our own crosses to bear.” And what I mean by that is that being a parent is incredibly difficult for all of us, but in our own distinct ways. One of the things… View Post
I don’t know how this Habitat laundry bag turned up in my house – one day it wasn’t there and then one day it was. It was not, to my knowledge, sent by a PR, although that is always a possibility. But I want to tell you how much joy it brings me. I LOVE this laundry bag. We take… View Post
Do we all know about this? I feel like everyone knows about everything except me and I am the last to know absolutely anything and the idea that I am or was ever a journalist – like, first to the story? – is a fucking joke. (Although I did once know a news reporter on the Standard who was a… View Post
Much excitement over on my Instagram about these new little zit-busting patches. They are clear plastic round little doobies that you put on one of those massive great big volcano zits overnight and in the morning they are fully 60% less bad. I have tried these, from Victoria Health (they were sent to me by a PR) and they absolutely… View Post
A great question from Emily: “I’ve just chucked three regular underwire bras because they hurt so much I was near homicidal by the end of the day. Post kids my boobs no longer need quite the same structural engineering they used to (a relief tbh), I’m wondering whether the bralet is an option. Key issue though is shape. Are there… View Post
Sorry I haven’t been more use on capsule Spring/Summer wear this year. But I haven’t really changed my mind about any of it. You need jeans and t-shirts and khaki cargo trousers and one black dress. And that’s it. But I have now decided on my summer look for this year – drumroll!! When I say that I mean I… View Post
I recently came back from a week in Morocco. It was an absurdly sociable holiday, which as you know is a very weird thing for me to do as I find socialising so insanely stressful. But I’ve got these kids, you see, and they really like it. So we went with a few families so that there would be a… View Post
I know I wasn’t going to go on about frocks this year (much) but LOOK at this fabulous copycat dress I found. This is £700 from Selfridges, from a label called HVN, which I’ve always thought was insanely overpriced. And this is £245 from Fabienne Chapot on Asos. Okay, still not cheap, but they both do the same job, if… View Post
If you are casting around for a new pair of trainers, I can confidently say that high-tops are now verily the thing. You may have always thought that high tops were the thing… but in fact I’m sorry to break it to you but actually they weren’t, for a bit. But now they are. Here are my top high-tops. Converse…. View Post
