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Art & CultureJuly 30, 2013

Summer in the City: Everybody Street

By Jane

There’s a certain intensity to living in a city, which is something that you either love or hate. Personally it’s what keeps me living in London and in particular Hackney. I love the strange characters, underground clubs, dodgy alleyways and… Read More

Art & CultureJuly 26, 2013

Libertine magazine for ‘Interested Women’

By Jane

While there are lots of great, lifestyle, culture and food magazines around at the moment, we were despairing of the women’s magazine market – there simply wasn’t a monthly read which made us think and captured our imagination – until… Read More

Middle Aged MumJuly 24, 2013

Middleagedmum.com: talk to the face

By Jane

Back in the day, office were noisy places, where phones rang and people talked – to each other – all the time, as weirdly this was the best way to get things done. If you had a problem, you either… Read More

Art & CultureJuly 22, 2013

Style Icon: The Venus Bushfires

By Jane

Continuing my obesession with African style, The Venus Bushfires is my current girl crush. Helen Parker-Jayne Isibor, is a singer, songwriter, composer and musician and is also known as The Venus Bushfires. As well as singing, Helen plays variety of… Read More

Things We LoveJuly 19, 2013

Velvet Rope: The perfect Red lipstick

By Jane

If you are a regular reader you will be familiar with my life long quest for the perfect red lipstick. I was recently disappointed when I tried Tom Ford‘s Cherry Lush, which has been heralded as an iconic red.The colour… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 18, 2013

The Buckitt Bag: one bag everyday

By Jane

We have to admit to being a little bit biased about the launch of the new Buckitt Bag, as the designer Rae Jones is a mate of ours – remember her great footwear range – and having recently moved into… Read More

Art & CultureJuly 16, 2013

Things to see in London this Summer: Club to Catwalk

By Jane

The 80’s was an exciting time to be creative, as the explosion of the London club scene and offered opportunities for dressing up in the company of a like-minded crowd. Stevie Stewart of BodyMap said “each group of people, whether… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & AboutJuly 12, 2013

Things to see in London this Summer: Dalston House

By Jane

Honestly, sometimes I wonder why anyone would live anywhere other than Hackney – every day I hear of anther interesting bar, shop or event, happening in the borough and last week it was all about the opening of Dalston House.… Read More

Health & HappinessJuly 10, 2013

Simple Pleasures: the joy of a pedicure

By Jane

As you get older you start to appreciate the need to take care of yourself. Whether its regular yoga class, a bike ride to work, or a monthly massage. Looking after your mind and body is front of mind, as… Read More

Art & CultureJuly 8, 2013

Colour Inspiration: Erwin Blumenfeld and Miles Aldridge

By Jane

Somerset House is the place to visit this summer if you are a lover of photography and wonderful colour combinations. Blumenfeld Studio is on until September the 1st and features the work of Berlin-born photographer Erwin Blumenfeld (1897–1969) who was… Read More

Health & HappinessJuly 4, 2013

How to be a powerful woman: Be yourself

By Jane

The BBC have made a series of films called How To Be a Powerful Woman, featuring 15 of the Woman’s Hour Power List. Women such as artist Tracey Emin, athlete Tanni Grey Thompson and Alexandra Shulman share their experiences, advice… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 2, 2013

Fake tanning and Liberation Day

By Jane

I have to admit to being a little bit dubious when I went to meet Alyson Hogg, the founder of Irish tanning company Vita Liberata. Not because I have anything against fake tan, Hell no, I’m Scottish and ginger and… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 28, 2013

Style Icons: Solange and Stella Jane

By Jane

Ever since I saw Solange’s video for Losing You, I have had a huge girl crush on both her music and her style. I love the way she mixes print and colour and has her own unique style – or… Read More

Art & CultureJune 26, 2013

Outsider artist and alternative style icon: Lee Godie

By Jane

I’ve been a fan of outsider art ever since I saw Henry Darger’s work at The Folk Art Museum in New York several years ago. I found his story as interesting as his art and was intrigued how outsider art… Read More

Health & Happiness, We Are ReadingJune 24, 2013

Lean In: Women Work & the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg

By Jane

Sheryl Sandberg joined Google when it was a start-up and went on to become COO at Facebook. Clearly a clever, ambitious, women, she also professes to be good negotiator and a strong networker. She also puts her success down to… Read More

Art & CultureJune 24, 2013

Womenomics: and why brands need to listen to us

By Jane

Last week we were asked to join a group of inspiring women to talk at the LSN Global network evening. LSN is part of the Future Laboratory, a trend forecasting, brand strategy and consumer insight company, who work with brands… Read More

Middle Aged MumJune 20, 2013

Middleagedmum.com: the one where I develop an addiction

By Jane

It all started innocently enough, a casual remark made by a work colleague, which I didn’t really engage with. Something about a new game they had downloaded on their phone – whatever. Not for me I thought, I’m too busy… Read More

Out & AboutJune 18, 2013

Ginstock & Street Feast

By Jane

Food is quite possibly the most interesting/fashionable thing happening in London at the moment, as entrepreneurs turn previously disused buildings into coffee shops, start micro breweries and distilleries, sell food from round on the world on market stalls and trucks… Read More

Art & CultureJune 14, 2013

When Caitlin met Suzanne!

By Jane

Last weekend was a frenzy of all things literary here in the peoples Republic of Stoke Newington. The Literary Festival kicked off with Irvine Welsh in conversation with on John Niven Monday night, who drank and swore their way through… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 12, 2013

H&M and Isabel Marant

By Jane

So Isabel Marant is to be the next H&M collaboration and unless you were on a desert Island yesterday (or don’t use the internet) you will have heard the whole world (well fashion people anyway) waxing lyrical about how fabulous… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 10, 2013

Birkenstocks are back!

By Jane

Have they ever been away I hear you cry and why on earth would we give up on quite possibly the most comfortable footwear ever invented? Even when they introduced the not quite so comfortable, toes post and one straps… Read More

Art & CultureJune 6, 2013

Who runs the World – Girls

By Jane

Occasionally in life you feel you are in exactly the right place at the right time. Be it fate, or luck, or simply good planning, things come together at one time and everything just feels right. It may not last… Read More

Art & CultureJune 3, 2013

Behind the Candleabra

By Jane

Following on from yesterdays post. Check out the new film about Liberace’s life, Behind the Candelabra. Out on June the 7th, it stars Micheal Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as is Scott, the animal trainer and would-be vet, who… Read More

UncategorizedJune 2, 2013

Will and Grace and 70’s camp

By Jane

Will and Grace has long been one of my favourite TV programmes. In the way that I loved the Mary Tyler Moore show in the 70’s and Friends in the 80’s and 90’s, Will and Grace were my fantasy room… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 31, 2013

Iris and Duro at the zoo

By Jane

A little contemplation for a Friday, with our favourite 90 year old Iris Apfel and British designer Duro Olowu, as they took a stroll through London Zoo. “She and her husband Carl are like my second parents,” says Olowu. See… Read More

UncategorizedMay 29, 2013

Middleagedmum.com: holidays with teenagers

By Jane

After a month of exams (youngest teen) and a hectic spell at work for both MAD and me, we recently decided we had earned some serious R & R. Oldest teen finished his foundation course weeks ago, but nonetheless decided… Read More

Home & GardenMay 27, 2013

More Mid Century influenced style from Bark

By Jane

Bark is a British furniture company run by husband and wife team, Jonathan Walter and Lakshmi Bhaskaran, both of whom are trained bespoke cabinetmakers with a passion for modern design. Having developed their craft creating one-off pieces for individual clients,… Read More

Home & GardenMay 23, 2013

Fantasy Modernist homes

By Jane

As a huge Mad Men fan and lover of Modernist interiors, The Modern House has long been one of my favourite property websites. Sadly most of the houses are beyond my wildest dreams, but it doesn’t stop me from fantasising… Read More

Home & GardenMay 21, 2013

The Chelsea Fringe

By Jane

The wonderful Chelsea Flower Show starts today and if you didn’t manage to get tickets, or find it all a little bit ‘shampoo and set from the Home Counties.’ it might be worth checking out the Chelsea Fringe, which takes… Read More

Home & GardenMay 17, 2013

Wooden chopping boards

By Jane

I have been searching for the perfect wooden shopping board, since my first visit to Story Deli. Their super thin pizzas are not only delicious, they are beautifully displayed on wooden boards. Having moved a couple of times since they… Read More