Sponsored post I’ve been waiting for ages to write this post as I’ve been very scientifically testing some lovely products, all on your behalf of course. They’re from Tazeka Aromatherapy and the packaging is really stunning. Have you spotted the common denominator? Yes, the three little bottles. They look like extremely upmarket little perfume flasks, …
Lovely day out yesterday to Hampton Court for the Handmade Fair. A very kind friend invited me and the whole day was my idea of heaven – tons of stalls full of tempting crafty bits and bobs, fish and chips for lunch courtesy of the Sea Cow, lots of tea and, above all, loads of …
I’m so cross about this that I can hardly type. Child 2 and a friend were harassed by a large group of boys yesterday as they walked home from the bus stop – a stroll of only about 200 yards. Her friend is 11, and has just started year 8 at the big school. Child …
Sponsored post The crack of dawn on a Monday morning, when the schools have just gone back and my street is so quiet you can hear the first autumn leaves fall, is the ideal time to contemplate how work is going to shape up this year. It’s not easy to get motivated when working from …
I used to stay in a hotel in Alsace for a horrible job I once had working for the European Parliament. The hotel was called the Pax, but was (un)fondly known as the Pox to everyone in the office. The room I was always allocated was so small you had to open your suitcase on …
Off to Guy’s Hospital again today but this time, my appointment wasn’t a horrible operation or a nasty or uncomfortable check-up. It was a lovely aromatherapy massage, courtesy of Dimbleby Cancer Care. I was astonished when the St John’s Dermatology department at Guy’s and St Thomas’s, who have handled my malignant melanoma, asked if I …