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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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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
Sep 10
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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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I Pointed My Foot...and Almost Lost A Leg.
Winner of the Take a Break headlines award, 2026.
Sep 20
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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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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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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 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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"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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Lightening Strikes, Cloud-Like Bras and some Hot June Favourites
It’s a miracle I’m even alive!
Jun 25
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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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