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Out & About, UncategorizedSeptember 25, 2018

Secret London : The Chelsea Physic Garden

By Amanda

Keen gardeners will know all about Chelsea Physic Garden, as it’s been in existence since 1673, which means we’ve known about it longer than we’ve known about Australia (which Captain Cooke bumped into in 1770). You’d never know it was… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, UncategorizedJuly 25, 2018

Cool Style For Hot Days…Dressing For The Continued Heatwave

By Amanda

Do you think there’s anything in the fact that we’re still stuck in a 70s vibe, fashion wise and the last time the weather was like this was in 1976? Just a thought. Ace & Jig is a brand that… Read More

UncategorizedJune 12, 2018

Retail is NOT dead!

By Jane

Retail is on its knees, restaurants are closing faster than you can say avo on toast and we’re all going to Hell in a handcart because of Brexit/Trump etc – or so the press would have us believe. And if… Read More

Out & About, UncategorizedMay 14, 2018

London Craft Week 2018: Our Highlights

By Amanda

Our regular craft correspondent Julia Little toured London Craft Week for us again this year, searching out the best of the HUGE selection of what was on offer. It was the thoughtful presentations and workshops put on by the smaller… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & About, UncategorizedMay 11, 2018

Guest Blogger Elena Bowes goes to Surface Work at Victoria Miro

By Amanda

Annie Morris, Stack 10, Copper Blue There are easily a dozen paintings in Victoria Miro’s latest sensational show Surface Work that I wanted to smuggle home. Over 50 female abstract artists from across the globe over the past century are… Read More

UncategorizedMarch 13, 2018

Olderpreneurs and why we are likely to be more successful

By Jane

The focus on young people when it comes to start ups has been a constant source of frustration to me, since setting up my business. There’s no doubt they need help, support and investment to get their ideas off the… Read More

UncategorizedOctober 11, 2017

Frieze colour 2017

By Jane

Not wanting to dumb the art at Frieze down or anything, but does anyone else feel a little bit cynical about some of the so called art and the insanely rich people buying it? It can feel like more of… Read More

UncategorizedApril 3, 2017

Life & Style Icon: Lyn Slater

By Jane

Having see Lyn Slater in the latest Mango advert, I was fascinated to know more about her. A professor of social studies at Fordham University in New York, she also writes the Accidental Icon blog and describes her style as,… Read More

UncategorizedMarch 15, 2017

See this: Enter the Dragons

By Jane

The menopause isn’t usually the subject of comedy in fact type the word into your search engine and you’ll get a barrage of remorselessly bleak advice about incontinence, lack of libido, depression and HRT, couched in florid, scare-mongering language. It’s… Read More

Middle Aged Mum, UncategorizedFebruary 6, 2017

Middelagedmum.com: Better late than never

By Jane

Last week after a 5.30am start and meetings all day, I was on my way home from work when I got a text, “sorry I’m going to be 10 mins late”. I had completely forgotten (due to the 5.30 am… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & About, UncategorizedNovember 25, 2016

See this: How to Date a Feminist

By Jane

Apologies to non London readers as this is a very local post – but Samantha Ellis’ passionate and hilarious romantic comedy How to Date Feminist is back by popular demand at the Arcola Theatre – and well worth seeing. ‘A … Read More

UncategorizedJuly 18, 2016

Summer Style Inspiration With Sandra Semburg and Amanda Brookes

By Amanda

Image from SandraSemburg.com A very quick post this morning, as other deadlines loom with the day job, but now the weather looks like it might actually be summer, I thought I’d share my new favourite Street Style blogger, Sandra Semburg.… Read More

UncategorizedDecember 1, 2015

A sweater worth considering from Lands’ End

By Amanda

Now, fessing up, Lands’ End is not a brand I go anywhere near normally, as I think of it as a bit boat-shoes-and-pastel-sweaters. I don’t mean that unkindly, as the quality is good and there’s nothing wrong with a boat… Read More

UncategorizedOctober 30, 2015

Seeking Guest bloggers…

By Jane

It’s that time again, when Amanda and I find ourselves slightly overwhelmed with the demands of our day jobs, blogging and trying to have a life. So we are seeking contributors, either long or short term, to guest post for… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, UncategorizedSeptember 24, 2015

Hope: A new fashion Brand for the over 40s

By Jane

It’s not everyday (or any day tbh) that a new range that’s aimed at the over 40s launches. So when an email popped into my inbox asking if I wanted to talk to Nayna McIntosh the founder of new brand… Read More

Out & About, UncategorizedAugust 19, 2015

Guest Post: A Town Called Cold Spring by Rohini Wahi

By Jane

Rohini is a both a fellow blogger and a friend. She writes the lovely lifestyle and interiors blog The Beat That My Heart Skipped and very kindly offered to write a post for us from her summer holiday to the… Read More

Health & Happiness, UncategorizedAugust 14, 2015

The importance of a good facial with Lisa Franklin

By Jane

Lisa Franklin is a highly regarded skincare expert and facialist with over 15 years experience in the skincare and makeup industry. Her attention to detail and knowledge combine to provide a luxuriously pampering and technical approach, where she treats clients… Read More

Middle Aged Mum, UncategorizedAugust 13, 2015

Middleagedmum.com: my middle aged sleep crisis

By Jane

If you don’t read the Telegraph or follow us on Twitter you will have missed this feature I wrote on the Middle Aged Sleep Crisis. To be honest most of my sleep problems are currently related to the menopause, but… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, UncategorizedAugust 11, 2015

Buy These: Converse’s New Chuck Taylor All-Star II

By Jane

As a long time fan of Converse, I finally gave up on them a couple of years ago when I decided they were not only really cold in anything less than a heat wave and then they were too hot,… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, UncategorizedJuly 21, 2015

Ethnic dress lust

By Jane

I have been slightly obsessed with these traditional Ukrainian embroidered dresses and tunics – known as vyshyvankas – for a while now after seeing Anna Dello Russo and various other fashionistas wearing them on Instagram. The dresses have become a … Read More

Home & Garden, UncategorizedJuly 1, 2015

More Urban Gardens at Grow London

By Jane

Succulents and cacti form Grace & Thorn Remember a couple of years ago we predicted a house plant revival. Well now you can’t move (well in East London anyway) for succulents, cheese plants and cacti. The house plant trend is… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & About, UncategorizedJune 29, 2015

The Flower Appreciation Society: An A – Z Of All Things Floral

By Jane

I have been a huge fan of the vintage style of the Flower Appreciation Societie’s casual approach to flowers for some time now, not least because they are big fans of ceramic swans (I have an ever growing collection), and… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, UncategorizedJune 25, 2015

Going grey stage 3: Purple rinses

By Jane

It”s been a journey I’m not going to lie, but several trips to Paks, the hairdressers and a few mini disasters and I think I may have almost cracked the “going grey” thing. Rather that do it naturally I have… Read More

Art & Culture, UncategorizedJune 23, 2015

A new approach to street style by Maria Lavigina

By Jane

Maria with artist George Skeggs Over the last few years I have been working with various different charities and mentoring schemes – helping young people to realise their potential and giving them insights into the creative industries is increasingly important… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & About, UncategorizedJune 17, 2015

See this: Shoes, Pleasure and Pain

By Jane

Shoes: Pleasure and Pain opened at the V&A last Saturday and is an extensive and informative guide to the history and culture of footwear. The exhibition was curated by Helen Persson, who specialises in textiles and dress in the V&A’s… Read More

Home & Garden, UncategorizedJune 12, 2015

Guest Food Blogger Jo Orr: Food for a summers day

By Jane

The cucumber is an oft neglected vegetable, tossed thoughtlessly into salads, and not regarded as being up to much taste-wise. Bland is the general consensus. Yet, with the merest love and attention it can be elevated to something rather lovely… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, UncategorizedJune 10, 2015

Essential Summer dresses

By Jane

Dresses are the perfect answer to summer dressing in so many ways. They don’t take too much planning, are usually cool and easy to wear and cover a multitude of sins – if you pick the right shape. They also… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & About, UncategorizedJune 9, 2015

Simple Pleasures: Summer Gardens

By Jane

Sitting in the garden is one of summer’s greatest pleasures, whether you have a giant football pitch or a small postage stamp, opening the back door and drinking your first cup of tea in the sunshine is the very best… Read More

Out & About, UncategorizedJune 8, 2015

Summer Reading: Fay Weldon

By Jane

Amanda is away this week so I’m in charge! And will be theming the weeks posts around the summer as it seems it’s arrived here in London. This weekend I was mostly hanging out in my hood catching up with… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, UncategorizedJune 2, 2015

Just what is Athleisure?

By Jane

Athleisure is currently a massive “thing” in the trends industry,which you may or may not (if you have any sense) be familiar with. It basically means clothes that you might usually wear for exercise, re-interperated for everyday wear – or… Read More