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I Pointed My Foot...and Almost Lost A Leg.
Winner of the Take a Break headlines award, 2026.
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What’s In My (Very Compact) Makeup Bag? Autumn 2026.
AKA: what would I repurchase immediately if I needed an emergency kit?
Sep 17
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A Horrific Thing Happened This Week
...and now I sleep in an hermetically sealed chamber.
Sep 13
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Honest Review of my Family Holiday to Paros
After last year's "holiday of a lifetime" Ikos disappointment, how does the self-catering family holiday compare?
Sep 10
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Things My Nine Year-Old Said To Me As We Waited To Get On A Plane
Between Us: I sort of have a fear of flying.
Sep 6
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Between Us: I had my piles banded so that you don't have to.
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Oura Ring 4: Which Colour to Choose
Apr 4, 2025
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The Books I Read in 2024 + The Five I'd Read Again
Dec 20, 2024
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Honest Review of my Family Holiday to Paros
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The Eight Books I Read On Holiday...
...and one I abandoned.
Sep 3
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The Beauty Reset - Save Over 80%! AD
The brand new Beauty Reset beauty box from Ruth Crilly, in collaboration with Latest in Beauty. Including full skincare routine and haircare routine.
Sep 1
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No-Wire Wall Lights, Book of the Month and the Skincare I Keep Coming Back To...
August has raced by in a blur of work deadlines and brutal heatwaves and constant kids’ activities.
Aug 30
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Between Us: Pretty Little Things
I am supposed to be “out of office” - relaxing, enjoying myself - but when I read through the post I had written and scheduled in advance, to tide me…
Aug 27
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The Personal Things I've Been Ignoring.
And yes, my creaking knees and weakened wrists are on the list.
Aug 20
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Between Us: Three Products I'm Stalking the Restock On...
...and why they're worth the wait.
Aug 16
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A Tisket, A Tasket, I Want Me That Basket.
Wicker. Stop sniggering about rattan appendages, you at the back there.
Aug 13
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Between Us: I had my piles banded so that you don't have to.
It has taken me a couple of weeks to prepare this highly scientific post about piles banding (haemorrhoid ligation, for those who prefer to use proper…
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A Secret Skill Borne from Great Boredom
Here’s a skill you never knew I had: playing dead.
Jul 22, 2025
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Nightgowns, Fire Escapes and "Giving It An Airing"
I’ve been searching for a new nightdress.
May 11, 2025
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Boiling Badger Skulls: Is This How We've Stayed Married?
‘Auntie Jean’s* been having apparitions,’ I said to Rich, as we merrily munched our way through a Dickinson’s Pork Pie.
Mar 21, 2025
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I Nearly Died and Everyone Just Stepped Over Me
Illness in your forties doesn’t seem as straightforward as it did in the younger years.
Oct 11, 2024
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The Medieval Lunch
I must apologise for the tardiness of this post, which should have been a Friday delivery but is, in fact, winging its way to you on a Monday.
Sep 30, 2024
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The Latex Slug Head
Most random Amazon (Randomazon) purchase of the month: a latex slug’s head.
Sep 10, 2024
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Captain's Log: Don't Say Cock in the Countryside
I have a feeling that my neighbours overheard a small snippet of conversation I was having with my husband that, taken out of context, is slightly…
Sep 6, 2024
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Comfort Zones are there for a Reason...
...why we shouldn't ever leave them.
Aug 30, 2024
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A Model Recommends
Sunday Times bestselling author of How Not to be a Supermodel. Reviews and recommendations on a Thursday, funny life updates on a Sunday.
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A Tisket, A Tasket, I Want Me That Basket.
Wicker. Stop sniggering about rattan appendages, you at the back there.
Aug 13
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I'm on my seventh interiors project: here's what I do when I have no idea where to start...
I’m currently knee-deep in fabric samples, doing one of my favourite activities of all time: working out decorating schemes for a new interiors project.
May 8
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Choosing New Paint for my Wall...
In lieu of doing any proper work I have been trying to decide what colour to paint the interior wooden wall of my cabin.
Jun 14, 2025
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No-Wire Wall Lights, Book of the Month and the Skincare I Keep Coming Back To...
August has raced by in a blur of work deadlines and brutal heatwaves and constant kids’ activities.
Aug 30
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Love stories, a digital detox and some low-key writing inspiration.
July Favourites.
Jul 30
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Lightening Strikes, Cloud-Like Bras and some Hot June Favourites
It’s a miracle I’m even alive!
Jun 25
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Pedicures, Paintings & Peaking Too Early: May Favourites
I’ve long been a believer that being too organised, planning too far in advance, getting things done early, is entirely the incorrect approach in life.
May 28
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Vintage Blog Posts
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STOP PRESS: Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate
Oh God, oh God.
Jul 16, 2010
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Perfect 'sheeny' makeup…
Here I am on my shoot yesterday, waiting for my hair to set.
Jul 10, 2010
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New Pictures: Vision Magazine, Japan.
A few little polaroids that I received today from a shoot that I did for Vision magazine.
Jul 6, 2010
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The 'Swallowed a Candle' Green Peel Facial
(Note from the Future: the Beauty Bite is none other than Caroline Hirons.
Jun 25, 2010
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Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Purse Spray
Never would I presume to tell you what fragrance to wear; fragrance is such a personal, subjective thing, and one woman’s “floral, powdery” dream is the…
Jun 18, 2010
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