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The Erection of the Giganto-Tree, and Other Christmas Traditions
AD - in collaboration with Stripe & Stare, purveyors of the world’s comfiest knickers.
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Broken Knees, Rubbish Pans and The Correct Type of Lightbulb.
I thought I was going to be “man down” today.
Nov 1
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Noise Pollution, The Book That’ll Ruin Christmas and my Cool Neutrals Obsession
October Favourites.
Oct 29
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I almost chopped my nipple off with a Youtube trophy...
...and other stories.
Oct 25
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Five Things I Recently Bought: Are They Any Good?
Stupid expensive calendar, jumper I’m not sure of, six pairs of near-identical jeans.
Oct 22
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Between Us: I had my piles banded so that you don't have to.
Aug 9
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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 Books I’ve Just Read, The Rooms I’ve Just Switched and The PMT Solution that Might Change My Life...
I had an epiphany regarding my brutal PMT week. The one I’ve been trying to ignore and “just plough through” for the past thirty years.
Oct 18
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Expensive, unflattering and a pain in the arse to wash: meet my best ever wardrobe investment.
The finest cashmere joggers, tried and tested. You won’t get comfier than this!
Oct 15
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Fruit Fly, House Tours and Some Very Imaginative Scarecrows
I’ve been up to visit my parents this weekend.
Oct 11
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The Scam Caller Who Verbally Abused Me
...and what I’ve done to my iPhone so that I never have to speak to them again.
Oct 8
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Haunted Houses, New-to-Me Muscles and the £500 Wall Calendar
I'm doing some market research into haunted houses. Niche. Also: why can I not find any unpaid/unbiased reviews for the Skylight calendar? Should I do…
Oct 4
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Bring Back 80s Christmas / 5 Excellent Things I’ve Bought This Year
Ruth Crilly on five brilliant things she bought this year. Lexon Flip Clock, Boody Ribbed Crop Bra, Archie's Flip Flops and her Peloton Barre Class…
Oct 1
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I Looked At Desks for 30,000 Hours...
...here’s what I did and didn’t buy.
Sep 27
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"Stop Saying Cosy" And Other Cheery Seasonal Thoughts: It's September Favourites
September is here and everyone has gone hibernation crazy, straight from heatwaves into knitted hot water bottle covers and paper leaf-garlands and…
Sep 24
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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. Honest reviews and funny life updates since 2010.
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I Looked At Desks for 30,000 Hours...
...here’s what I did and didn’t buy.
Sep 27
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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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Noise Pollution, The Book That’ll Ruin Christmas and my Cool Neutrals Obsession
October Favourites.
Oct 29
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"Stop Saying Cosy" And Other Cheery Seasonal Thoughts: It's September Favourites
September is here and everyone has gone hibernation crazy, straight from heatwaves into knitted hot water bottle covers and paper leaf-garlands and…
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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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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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