I have completely forgotten about periods. I have had a Mirena coil for years – but I know the coil isn’t for everyone for a variety of reasons. Like my friend Melissa, who simply cannot bear the thought of the procedure or, frankly, the idea that there is a twiggy bit of plastic poking around in there. She was raving… View Post
How are we all feeling about social media these days? I only ask because in the last month I have had a major shift in perception, particularly towards Instagram. God I used to love Instagram. I mean, I still do up to a point. It’s just endlessly fun and interesting. Reels, Instagram’s answer to TikTok, is hilarious and a damn… View Post
A comment on The Spike from Mills last week has been on my mind. She said that she had read Christine Armstrong’s brilliant book “The Mother of All Jobs” and she had been left a little troubled by the recommendation in the book to have a lot of mum friends and be very involved in the school right from the… View Post
Okay, once you’ve got your smart blazer(s) sorted, you’re most of the way there, as the thing about a blazer is that you can sling it over more or less anything and it transforms it into workwear. I take back what I said about the long flowery dresses. If I actually had to go to an office, ever, I’d be… View Post
I was asked twice over the summer, (which is quite a lot for me), about back to work clothes for the modern, go-getting woman (who also possibly has a couple of kids and hasn’t seen inside an office for 5 years). I had no clue at the time and indeed wrote back “Don’t have a clue, mate” but just recently… View Post
Is anyone else drowning in freaking start of term admin? I’m not sure what is worse, the cavernous boredom and ennui of the summer holidays or the two-places-at-once mind-bend of term-time. And also can I just say, I hate school holidays, all of them. Officially. My children are too old to be taken to a playground or to a museum… View Post
What is it with Africa? What is it about it that drives some people, particularly Europeans, so completely deranged with greed and grabbiness? I admit I am obsessed with most of the continent, particularly from the DRC southwards, but why? It’s not greed or grabbiness on my part – I swear it! I do not want to enslave indigenous people… View Post
I had a revelation the other day and that is: I am going to stop drinking in public. You heard me. I am challenging the old wisdom that if you drink “on your own” then you’ve got a problem because come on, aren’t we past all that? Of course I’ve got a fucking problem, mate! Anyway my plan going forward… View Post
And when I say “vest” I mean it in the American sense of a sleeveless tank. This is from Me + Em and I like the look of immensely – I had something very similar earlier this year from La Ligne via Net A Porter, which quickly sold out. It was much admired on Instagram but as it was sold… View Post