A love story to warm your heart on a cold day
“It’s about who you love, that’s the single most important thing”.… Read More
Health & Happiness
The John Lewis Christmas Ad, Monty The Penguin, my fav so far
And then there’s the John Lewis Christmas ad, which has made me tear up and sob quietly into my hanky, for all the right reasons I think.
Many thanks to our reader Sarah for pointing this out to me just… Read More
‘It’s a Book Book’- Ikea’s 2015 catalogue video
Another quick video find here from Ikea. If you’re a bit fed up of the digital world and long for simpler times, this might make you smile. Grab a cup of tea and watch it.… Read More
Style icon: Dame Barbara Hepworth
I grew up with Barbara Hepworth all around me, thanks to my dad, a keen amateur sculptor, who introduced me to her wonderfully curvaceous, calming forms as soon as I could say ‘not that boring old art stuff again’.
Inevitably… Read More
Weekend Woman: Maxine Peake
Maxine Peake is the sort of woman I’m very slightly scared of; she looks so intent, so fiercely intelligent and seems so brilliant at what she does I know I’d be terrified of her if I ever got to meet… Read More
Weekend Woman: Rose Wylie
This weekend’s woman of substance who is definitely not fading away, is the artist Rose Wylie, who has just won the prestigious John Moores Painting prize.
Rose is 80.
She trained originally as an artist but gave up to have… Read More
Weekend Woman: Joan Rivers
What sad news that Joan Rivers has died. We never got around to adding her to our weekend women list while she was alive, so we’ll just have to do it now. To be honest, Joan seemed so indestructible in… Read More
Something for departing student teens: Graze.com
I was chatting to my sister about the impending departure of youngestson to university and she reminded me about how her student son was super grateful for his weekly Graze.com box of nibbles during his first year away from home.… Read More
Weekend Woman: Kate Bush, Obvs!
Ok, ok so the world might have gone a bit overboard with Kate mania this week, but really how could our weekend woman be anybody else but Kate Bush this week?
After years away from the spotlight and what must… Read More
How to grow old gracefully: Lauren Bacall
The legendary Lauren Bacall sadly died last week at the age of 89 and tributes to her talent and beauty have rolled in from around the world.
Reading about her life I was drawn to a portrait of her taken… Read More
Weekend Woman: Jo Pavey
There could only be one Weekend Woman this week, the amazing Jo Pavey, who has won a gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the European Championships this week. Every report of this tremendous win -her first gold in 17… Read More
Weekend Woman: Elaine Stritch
Bold, brash, funny and probably a little bit scary Elaine Strictch the Broadway legend who died last week aged 89, was the kind of woman I hope to have staying in my alternative old peoples home.
Often seen by my… Read More
Weekend Woman: Anne Reid
I was wondering who to put up as this week’s Weekend Woman right up until yesterday, then I heard actor Anne Reid (b 1935) on Desert Island Discs and sorta fell in love with her over the airwaves. She says… Read More
Anti Ageing: where we are now
There is no doubt there are changes happening in the beauty industry and we like to think we have been instrumental in creating the “anti ageing” backlash. Remember back in 2013 when I wrote about how real beauty isn’t re-touched… Read More
Weekend Woman: Caryn Franklin
Oh how we love Caryn Franklin (b 1959), MBE, co-founder of All Walks Beyond The Catwalk, general fashion guru and talker of much sense when it comes to embracing what grown up women want out of fashion and beauty. We’ve… Read More
We’re on holiday! Back on Monday 14th July
We are off on our annual summer holiday, we’ll be back on Monday 14th July. To keep you entertained until we return, can we suggest a few vintage posts?
You might like the one where Middleagedmum: takes it to the… Read More
Weekend Woman: Debbie Harry
There was a great feature on Debbie Harry (born 1945) in The Telegraph last week (Hip Hip Harry) and I immediately thought she should be this week’s Weekend Woman.
The awesome Ms Harry must be one of our greatest grown… Read More
Buy this: Olverum Bath Oil
First created in Germany around 1929 by Franz O. Klein Olverum bath oil is one of those beauty secrets you wish you had known about years ago.
If like me, you are a terrible sleeper who needs a whole host… Read More
Weekend woman: Ally Lloyd, AKA Ally Capellino
One of our favourite bag makers, Alison Lloyd, has been in business with her Ally Capellino brand for over 30 years. She has produced fabulous, lust-making bags and gorgeous accessories for all of that time and her brand goes from… Read More
All hail Wallace, the Sartorial Schnauzer
To mark the launch of its new range of bespoke leather accessories for dogs, Hanson of London has teamed up with Get Müllered and Dance (Robert Francis Müller & Jessica Dance) to produce a fun, tongue-in-cheek short film showcasing Hanson… Read More
Weekend Woman: Julia Forte from the London Gin Club
It’s World Gin Day today, hurrah! So we thought we’d put Julia Forte (born1965), founder of the London Gin Club up as one of our weekend women.
Julia runs her delightful gin club from the Star At Night, a bar … Read More
Weekend Woman: Suzy Menkes
Suzy Menkes is a regal queen in our fashion world and one of the most respected fashion journalists working today. For 25 years she was style editor of the International New York Times, formally the International Herald Tribune. Now, at… Read More
See this: The Rebel Menopause
85 year old Therese Clerc thinks “Menopause is when a woman’s life begins,” and reveals her thoughts on ageing as a ‘time of complete freedom’ in the new film Rebel Menopause.
Therese is a militant feminist whose passion for politics… Read More
See this: Bright Days Ahead
There is something liberating about growing older and shedding some of the responsibilities that have dominated our day to day lives for the last couple of decades. Who knows what exciting adventures lie ahead, both at work and in our… Read More
Weekend Woman: Chrissie Hynde
We don’t normally blog at the weekend but I feel the need for a new visual post here on TWR to recognise some truly awesome older women doing great things.
It’s hard enough to be a working women in this… Read More
Calling all interested women: Are you a Libertine?
Our favourite magazine for interested women, Libertine, has just launched a crowdfunding campaign – and they need your help. If your interests extend beyond fashion and beauty and you want to see more thoughtful, intelligent, and useful content that will… Read More
See this: Orange is the New Black
Just when you think you have binge watched every great TV series there is, along comes another one and before you know it, you are losing whole evenings in the persuit of “just another one before bed.”
I found out… Read More
Your Hormone Doctor by Leah Hardy & Susie Rogers
We were really excited when we heard about this new book written by Leah Hardy and Susie Rogers. Your Hormone Doctor is an honest, witty and really useful for women on how to de-stress, sleep better, re-ignite their sex lives,… Read More
Positive aging: Laugh with us, not at us
There is no doubt that older people are becoming increasingly more visible in the media, which can only be a good thing. But recently I’ve come to question the way that a recent number of adverts tend towards ridicule.
Are… Read More
Nice smells makes you happier and smarter- fact!
Never say we don’t bring you facts backed by science here at TWR. This is no beauty-fluff site where we just say ‘lovely!’ a lot when talking about things beauty-related. Oh, ok, maybe we do a bit. But today’s post… Read More