Get the oven on

All summer I have been buying as many soft fruits I can, and eating them at every opportunity. I enjoy strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries and the like so much more than the dull orange that you get in winter. Plus they are seasonal, locally sourced and therefore much better on the old carbon footprint. A [...]

Bringing on back the good times

The hen went off rather well, given that the boys got all the good weather last weekend. Still it gave us an excuse to get into cabs on every possible occasion and soothe our aching feet. When will we learn not to wear ridiculous heels? As Natalie said, “beauty is pain.” My missing the [...]

Bringing on back the good times

The hen went off rather well, given that the boys got all the good weather last weekend. Still it gave us an excuse to get into cabs on every possible occasion and soothe our aching feet. When will we learn not to wear ridiculous heels? As Natalie said, “beauty is pain.” My missing the [...]

Shameless plug

By the way, for those of you still to go on your summer holiday, you can buy a copy of ‘Handbags and Hopscotch: the Essential Guide to Being a Girl’ here, written by my wonderfully talented friend, Lucy. It’s out in a couple of weeks. I’ve been invited to the Launch Party, though have [...]

Shameless plug

By the way, for those of you still to go on your summer holiday, you can buy a copy of ‘Handbags and Hopscotch: the Essential Guide to Being a Girl’ here, written by my wonderfully talented friend, Lucy. It’s out in a couple of weeks. I’ve been invited to the Launch Party, though have [...]

Water, water everywhere

Could the person who inadvertantly flicked the switch to “Winter Weather” a few weeks early, please unflick it?

Grrr. I’ve been lulled into a false sense of security by the weather of late. The salad that I bought just yesterday at Waitrose has been forsaken in favour of something a little more [...]

Water, water everywhere

Could the person who inadvertantly flicked the switch to “Winter Weather” a few weeks early, please unflick it?

Grrr. I’ve been lulled into a false sense of security by the weather of late. The salad that I bought just yesterday at Waitrose has been forsaken in favour of something a little more [...]