A difficult thing about parenting is meeting your child’s challenges with them as a parent and not as your hurt inner child. So many things that our children have to face down, be it problems with school, siblings, self-image, friends, uncontrollable consumer lust, sugar – whatever, are so triggering. So, so triggering. In fact you’ve never really been triggered until… View Post
Sorry but you need this t-shirt. Unless you are one of those types who already has 200 Breton tops, (I had to ban myself from buying them about 8 years ago because it was just too much, too awful), this is such a great top. It has a nice close collar so that it doesn’t slop down off your shoulder… View Post
I did an Insta live the other day with Dr Anita Sturnham who runs the skincare brand Decree and I thought I would write up some notes here on what we discussed, a little bit like I’m class rep distributing notes from a PTA meeting, only more chat about retinoids and less chat about thread worms. Two things of note… View Post
I have written about the book How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and How to Listen so Kids Will Talk here before, but it was only in passing. And something happened last week that made me think I ought to give it a standalone post. Feel free to skip this if you already know what I’m going to say…. View Post
Sentimental Garbage is a podcast run by the Irish author Caroline O’Donoghue, in which she chats to people about books. In the special mini-series, Sentimental and the City Caroline discusses all 6 series of Sex And The City with Dolly Alderton. I feel like such a total arsehole for dismissing this podcast for weeks as sort of light chatter about… View Post
Stop what you are doing right now and get yourself 2 really important things for the oncoming brighter weather. (I don’t want to say “sunshine” because I don’t want to jinx it.) The first is a pair of mid-height Teva sandals. I really fancied a pair of these last year and they were sold out everywhere, so like the little… View Post
Fall by John Preston This is a full and thorough biography of the late Robert Maxwell by John Preston, who also wrote The Dig and A Very English Scandal. John is my friend, (though don’t let that put you off him), and he is very funny in person and his typical impishness comes through in his portrait of the absolute… View Post
I have been thinking a lot about narcissists recently, they’re on my mind for a combination of reasons. If you have ever had a close encounter, a bust-up or any kind of working or romantic relationship with a narcissist – even an entry-level one – and you witness a dialogue playing out in, for example, the media that reminds you… View Post
These are AMAZING and extremely simple, a really super treat thing when only a chocolate muffin bonanza will do. This recipe is from the website of the excellent American food Baker Bettie, who seems from her online appearance to be a really super person and I love all her meticulous retro styling. She also very kindly converts baffling US cup… View Post