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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

Art & Culture, UncategorizedMay 25, 2015

Watch this: Grace and Frankie

By Jane

From the co-creator of Friends, the Netflix original comedy Grace and Frankie, stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as two women who form an unlikely bond after their husbands reveal they are gay and leave them for each other. It’s… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, UncategorizedMay 19, 2015

Older style inspiration

By Jane

As I’m struggling with my attempts to go grey (more of this to follow) I thought it might be time for some style inspiration, featuring the kind of uber chic women you see on the streets of New York and… Read More

Art & Culture, UncategorizedMay 13, 2015

I’m back and feeling witchy!

By Jane

Thanks to all the brilliant guest bloggers who have helped us out with inspiring and original posts while I’ve been away over the last couple of months. We really hope they will continue to contribute, as their posts are offering… Read More

Food, Uncategorized, We Are ReadingApril 13, 2015

Dinner With Jackson Pollock by Robyn Lea

By Amanda

For any arty chefs out there, this might appeal, as who knew artist Jackson Pollock was an enthusiastic cook? Dinner With Jackson Pollock is a very lovely looking, ring-bound cookery book by luxury book publishers Assouline, which specialises in one-upmanship… Read More

Out & About, UncategorizedApril 8, 2015

Guest post: Adventures Before Dementia, with Bebe Butler

By Amanda

This mid-life-moving story-thread is proving very popular with you all and we have another lovely one for you here today, from reader Bebe who, together with her husband, wanted an adventure before dementia set in and moved to France. Bebe… Read More

Health & Happiness, UncategorizedMarch 10, 2015

On a break

By Jane

Over all the years we have been blogging I have had times when I have struggle to keep on top of my day job and write the blog, as well as all the other things that one has to deal… Read More

Home & Garden, UncategorizedMarch 5, 2015

Flowers for Mothers Day

By Jane

My love of flowers has been passed on by my mum who has always been a keen flower arranger. I always have various bunch of different coloured blooms all over my house (in more haphazard bunches than my mum) and… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, UncategorizedFebruary 23, 2015

Style Icon: Princess Julia

By Jane

As an impressionable young wannabe from the sticks, arriving in London in the early 80s I discovered that the club scene wasn’t so different to Northern clubs I had grown up with. Filled with the drag queens and “weirdos” we… Read More

Health & Happiness, UncategorizedFebruary 17, 2015

Growing old in Hackney: The Posh Club

By Jane

As you know, I’m determined to grow old in the city, as where I live now has everything I could want to ensure a happy old age – not least a sense of community, which in inner city London is… Read More

Health & Happiness, UncategorizedFebruary 13, 2015

Ageism in the workplace: things need to change

By Jane

Lately we are seeing lots of positive changes in the way the world views older people. Soon the term anti ageing will be a thing of the past and the fashion industry are using lots of older women in their… Read More

UncategorizedJanuary 26, 2015

Wolf Hall: Why you should watch it

By Jane

If like me you picked up Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall in a book shop/airport many times last year, only to put it down in favour of something less GCSE homework like, then the BBC 2 adaptation of this must read… Read More

UncategorizedDecember 22, 2014

Happy Holidays

By Jane

It’s been a great year here at the Womens Room and as usual we have done some interesting things, met some lovely people and hopefully kept you entertained and informed most days of the week. One of the things that… Read More

UncategorizedDecember 15, 2014

All I want for Christmas: Beauty must haves

By Jane

I never really like beauty pages in magazines as they seem to be filled with whatever products the editors have been sent that week and the re-hashed versions of press releases just aren’t convincing. I much prefer to read a… Read More

UncategorizedNovember 13, 2014

Simple Pleasures: In praise of twilight

By Jane

October and November are my favourite months of the year, after the summer I am more than ready to pull on socks and boots and head out into the leaves and mud with the dog to enjoy cold and hopefully … Read More

UncategorizedSeptember 2, 2014

Middleagedmum.com: How to change a toilet roll

By Jane

If you are the parent of teenagers this video by dad Will Reid will resonate and make you lol! When it popped up on my Facebook feed a few days ago I made sure my two saw it (despite not… Read More

UncategorizedAugust 25, 2014

Shoespiration: Monk straps and En Brogue

By Jane

Having briefly dabbled with a heel when I was 14 and trying to gain entry to the Over 21 night Tiffanys nightclub in Hull, I soon realised that A. height has nothing to do with deception and B. high heels… Read More

UncategorizedFebruary 12, 2014

Barney’s trans gender campaign

By Jane

The fashion industry is generally tolerant and gay friendly but not always open to embracing transgender models. Over the last few years however this has been changing, with Givenchy featuring Brazilian transgender model Lea T in Riccardo in its ad… Read More

UncategorizedOctober 25, 2013

One for the Christmas list: Illustrator Rosh Shiers

By Jane

Illustrator Ros Shiers creates typographic and illustrative prints, greetings cards and wrapping tapes featuring inspirational quotes and phrases, which make perfect to presents to make you smile, celebrate special occasions, or to show someone how much you care. She made… Read More

UncategorizedSeptember 19, 2013

Simon Doonan: Fashion and Madness Bedfellows

By Jane

Simon Doonan, the British-born Creative Ambassador-at-Large to New York based store Barneys, joined NYFW creator Fern Mallis this week for a conversation on his latest book; The Asylum: A Collage of Couture Reminiscences … and Hysteria. Our New York correspondent… Read More

UncategorizedJuly 3, 2013

Christmas in July, blended with Johnnie Walker

By Amanda

Believe it or not, behind the scenes at The Women’s Room this week it’s all about Christmas, as retailers entice us in to see their festive ranges. Usually, on the hottest day of the year I’m scoffing Christmas pudding at… 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

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

UncategorizedMarch 25, 2013

The Girls Network: can you help?

By Jane

A couple of years ago I went to a parents meeting at my kids school on “how to understand your teenager”. I wasn’t having particularly bad time with the teens, but thought it might be interesting. It was, and the… Read More

UncategorizedDecember 8, 2012

Choirs for Christmas: Lips and London Gay Men’s Chorus

By Jane

Christmas simply isn’t Christmas without at least one opportunity to sing Carols (correctly in Amanda’s case), or listen to a choir. Over the last few years choirs have become a “thing,” as the wonderful Gareth Malone convinvced us they could… Read More

UncategorizedNovember 24, 2012

Something for the weekend: West End VIP Day

By Amanda

Just in case you are thinking of starting your Christmas shopping this weekend and you live near London, it’s car free day today, Saturday 24th November, in the centre of town. Also there are a number of special offers,… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, UncategorizedSeptember 20, 2012

Dear COS………..a word of warning!

By Jane

This week the weather has changed, there’s a nip in the air, it’s getting darker in the morning and we’ve started thinking about new winter clothes. Every season, you are our first port of call when it comes to shopping… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Middle Aged Mum, UncategorizedSeptember 16, 2012

Middleagedmum: where are all the innovators?

By Jane

This weekend we’ve been out and about at London fashion week, which has been both inspiring and slightly irritating. When I have my work/designer/blogger/fashion head on, I love it. There is nothing like the thrill and glamour of a runway… Read More