LFW S/S16: One to Watch, 1205
It’s that time of year again when fashion’s great and good showcase what we are going to be wearing six months from now.
A label that stands out as one to watch for those of us who are not so… Read More
Crabtree & Evelyn 60 Seconds Fix For Hands
I know you’re going to give me a hard time for this next statement, but it might be time to start thinking about Christmas presents…..I know, I know, still SO long to go before December, but blame it on all… Read More
Want to meet Marian Keyes? We have tickets for you…..
A very nice offer here from our friends over at Gudrun Sjödén; the hugely successful author Marian Keyes is visiting Gudrun’s Covent Garden flagship store on Saturday 26th Sept (yep next Saturday) and we have five front row tickets to… Read More
Trend Alert: Statement Earrings
Ever since I saw the below left image on Style.com (RIP), I have been slightly obsessed with A. Big earrings and B. the woman wearing them.
After much Googling and Insta stalking and I finally found out that she is… Read More
A very good raincoat from &Other Stories
Earlier this week I accosted someone on the tube. I don’t do this very often, but the woman I grabbed was wearing the very best raincoat I’d seen for ages (possibly since this Protected Species one) and I could not… Read More
See this: Irwin ‘Bud’ Crosthwait
Many times I have walked past the above image of Irwin (Bud) Crosthwait, and wondered about his life. Hanging on the wall of my sister in law Stefanie’s house in the tiny mountain village of Menzonia in Switzerland, ‘uncle Bud’… Read More
See This: Hauser & Wirth Somerset at Durslade Farm
On my countryside travels a few weeks ago I went to the new Hauser & Wirth art gallery in Somerset, which is an outpost of the internationally successful (read hugely profitable) Swiss gallery. The art was exceptional, obvs, as you… Read More
How to make a Terrarium with Yardley and Grace & Thorn
One of the great things about blogging is being asked to really interesting launches and events and last week I was invited to the launch of Yardley‘s new fragrance English Bluebell.
A group of bloggers gathered at the Hackney based… Read More
See this: The London Design festival
The London Design Festival 2015 just keeps getting bigger and better and this year is no exception with 400 events and installations across London.
Here are our top picks for 2015:
This year Somerset House is a major new destination, … Read More
7 Miles Out by Carol Morley
Another day, another grown-up, girl-crush. This time the fabulously talented film director Carol Morley, she of The Alcohol Years, Dreams of A Life and The Falling. I was lucky enough to meet Carol last night at her book reading at… Read More
See This: Avebury Stones and Manor House
You might have read in the news this week about a neolithic giant stone circle recently found close to Stonehenge, which coincides nicely with me visiting the site of the Avebury stone circle last week.
Avebury is close to Stonehenge… Read More
We Wear Perfume launches today!
Sooo… After months of fiddling about and sniffing more fragrance than is good for a girl, project perfume is finally here….We Wear Perfume is my new perfume site, a sister to TWR but sitting separately (you can jump thorough directly… Read More
Dear Finery London, this has to stop……
Dear Finery London,
Look, we’re going to have to break off our relationship. I’m sorry but we just can’t go on like this. It’s not you, you’ve been wonderful, too wonderful in fact, it’s all my fault, I just can’t… Read More
See this: 45 Years
45 Years stars Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay as a couple about to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary, whose relationship is shaken by the discovery of the husband’s ex-girlfriend’s body.
Released on Friday it’s a must see, for a chilling… Read More
Storytelling with clothes: a trip to Devon
This weekend I went to Devon to see my 83 year old dad and his (very slightly) younger sister, my aunt. We do very little, just sit around my aunt’s kitchen table reminiscing, eating Cornish pasties (my aunt makes the… Read More
Tool time with Concrete Matter
When M.A.D and I lived in Toronto one of his favourite (trashy) tv programmes was Home Improvement, a US sitcom starring Tim Allen as an all American dad who hosts his own Home Improvement show Tool Time.
M.A.D is quite… Read More
More talk on the menopause: Sarah Jane Adams on StyleLikeU
It’s been a bit of a week for talking about the menopause (did you all read Tuesday’s post –Suzanne Moore’s marvellous piece for The New Statesman?) and so lets round it off with this very moving video on jewellery designer… Read More
Upscaling home fragrance: wish list thinking with Fornasetti
One thing Project Perfume has taught me is that scented candles are a bit old school when it comes to scenting your house; there’s a whole world out there of alternative ways to make your home smell divine. Middleagedad thinks… Read More
The Temporary Bride by Jennifer Klinec
This book surprised me, I approached it with a slightly heavy heart, anticipating it was yet another food-writer-seeks-world-travel-and-finds-herself, and although it kind of is, it’s also much more than that, as is the author Jennifer Klinec, and is worth considering… Read More
Buffalo #standforsomething
Love everything about this film which illustrates how the 80s defined the idea of street style – still as relevant today as it ever was.… Read More
Autumn clothes research: inky-navy is my new black
There’s something interesting going on over at The White Company, the colour navy blue…..Founder Chrissie Rucker is famous for her strict colour edits of white, cream, black and grey in both her clothing and bedlinen, which makes for a very… Read More
Suzanne Moore on the menopause
For those who didn’t see this brilliant feature on the menopause, written by Suzanne Moore in the New Statesman. Here it is again. One of the most honest and insightful views on the never discussed subject I have read -it… Read More
Country Home Inspiration at Gudrun SJõdén
Last weekend I went to Wales to visit my friend Lindsay, who has fabulous taste and could be the Martha Stewart of Pembrokeshire in terms of what she does with her house style. Living as she does, miles away from… Read More
Bamford Grooming Department: The Travel Kit
Any Middleagedads who are looking to upgrade their on-the-go grooming kits may like the new travel kit from Bamford Grooming Department. Containing good sized bottles of no nonsense shampoo, body wash, exfoliating face wash and moisturiser, the collection is deliciously… Read More
The perfect place for R&R in London: The Wellcome Reading Room and Restaurant
For anyone who finds themselves in need of R&R while on the tourist (or any other type of) trail in London over the holiday season, can I recommend the recently refurbished Wellcome Foundation’s Reading Room and attached restaurant? It is… Read More
Guest Post: A Town Called Cold Spring by Rohini Wahi
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
Bank Holiday cocktail kit with Funkin Cocktails
I was sent a box of Funkin Cocktails last week and very jolly they looked too. Twentysomethingsons showed an interest as soon as I took each colourful carton out of the box….They were accompanied by a beautiful silk scarf by… Read More
Guest Post: Deconstructing The French Pharmacy
Our lovely regular guest blogger Juliette Chisholm, lives in France and has kindly volunteered to deconstruct the joys of the French pharmacy for anyone heading to France for their holidays. I for one am thinking of heading there for a… Read More
Advanced Style: Men
Ari Seth Cohen from Advanced Style has turned his attention to older men in his latest film released last week on Nowness.com. The fabulous peacocks of Manhattan are as unique,inspiring and a tiny bit barking mad as the women of… Read More
The importance of a good facial with Lisa Franklin
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