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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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Ways to spend the summer holidays, my newest recommendations...
...including chicken portraits, aerial displays and unearthing egg dishes.
Aug 6
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Between Us: Three Books I've Loved, Three Books I Haven't
I’ve been ploughing through that summer reading pile I told you about (Five Books I’ll Be Reading This Summer) and I have some notes.
Aug 2
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Love stories, a digital detox and some low-key writing inspiration.
July Favourites.
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The Stress Profile of an FBI Negotiator
Who better to test out a new deodorant than me? I know what you’re thinking: there are a million people better suited to testing one than you, you…
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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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My Skincare Routine (At 43)
Oct 10, 2024
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The Holiday That Finally Ticked Every Box (3 hours from home)
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Between Us: The Self-Administered Enema
I interrupt normal scheduled service, where I was to talk about my pitifully flimsy wrists and wonky knees and all the sensible things I’ve been doing…
Jul 26
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The summer skincare tweaks that save my face...
Author and model Ruth Crilly describes how she banishes summer breakouts with some easy changes to her skincare routine.
Jul 23
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Between Us: Things I'm Thinking of Writing About
My kids have just broken up for the summer holidays (solidarity, please) and I still have posts in my drafts folder that I started in January. Here are…
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These foot-loving flip flops are the best I've tested...
My feet need support but not at the expense of aesthetics. I still have standards, you know.
Jul 16
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My Mid-Length Hair and How I Style It
Author and model Ruth Crilly on mid-length hair and how to style it.
Jul 9
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Summer Wardrobe Try-On and my Staying Fresh Trick!
This week finds me doing what I do every single year, at about this time: obsessively searching for the magical keystone wardrobe items that will fix…
Jul 4
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My Deceased Dad's Glasses and the Temporary Curse
I tried on my Dad’s glasses last week and in doing so, I think I must have unleashed some kind of temporary curse.
Jul 2
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The Most Dramatic Difference I've EVER Seen On My Face. (And It's Instant)
This post is an AD in partnership with ZIIP.
Jun 26
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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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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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The Cost of a Cabin: Home Office Budget
The “cabin in the woods” home office project continues and I think I did promise to give you an inkling as to the budget I want to try and stick to.
Oct 4, 2024
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Love stories, a digital detox and some low-key writing inspiration.
July Favourites.
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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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Subtle Tan, Luxury Cushions and Is Every Ailment Peri-Menopause?
There are some fabulous beauty buys in this month’s favourites round-up.
Apr 30
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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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