If you're still Christmas shopping and starting to panic (I have three presents left to get, I'm with you!) then prepare to be saved: not only do many of the things in my previous gift guides come from online stores with one day delivery (get it on Friday if you order...
I've rediscovered my cooking mojo, after more than a year of being almost completely disinterested in doing anything in the pots and pans department. My fall from culinary grace began when we moved out of our house and into a series of short-term lets (seems a...
Something a bit different, this week: the books that are on my reading list. I'll be ploughing through these over the course of the summer, whenever I get to snatch a sunny moment in the deckchair or a couple of hours before bed. I've just finished The Girls, which...
Beauty favourites were a bit thin on the ground, last month, but I did do quite a bit of reading so I've shared this video between reading recommendations and beautifying tips. The Anne Tyler book (here) is just a beautifully gentle, slow-paced novel, examining the...
I couldn't leave you for the holidays with absolutely nothing to do, so here are some of the best bumper book series. There should be something for just about everyone here, whether you like thrillers, adventure books or serious, thoughtful novels. If you still have...
I know people roll their eyes a bit at the Kindle deals that basically epitomise "Black Friday", but my Kindle is one of my most-used gadgets ever and, if there's an opportunity to get one at a knock-down price then I'm there. My Mum still has what is basically a...
I was given Hugh's Three Good Things two Christmases ago and it fell by the wayside a bit, what with house renovations and the fact that I was actively ignoring it because the cover photograph was so bad. I mean look at that cover! Why is Hugh grasping his leeks in...
I've been reading at the rate of about three or four novels a week, recently (breastfeeding for hours on end means I'm tearing through my Kindle list!) and I thought I'd pull out my top five for you. Not an easy task at all, as I've enjoyed so many of them, but I've...
1) During the mini heatwave last week, we decided to give Dexter the Dog a bath in the garden. We can't very well bath him in the actual bath where we are because it's a holiday let, and he's not allowed upstairs, and anyway it's kind of gross to do that when other...
Now that's a weird old picture, isn't it? Sorry Jo Malone London, it does absolutely nothing to show off your splendid perfume packaging! But this post was always going to be more about books than fragrance, so in a way, the rather muddled imagery is quite apt. It's...
As promised, some book recommendations for Christmas. Nice and late for those of you who are about to start panic-buying! None of these are actually "Christmas themed", but I would tend to steer clear of those novelty, seasonal releases anyway. Some of them are good...
A little Christmas reading suggestion for you; Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos. Short and sweet but with incredibly dark and violent undertones, it's a brief glimpse into the world of a small child (Tochtli) whose father happens to be a powerful Mexican...