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Home & GardenJune 26, 2015

Guest Food Blogger Jo Orr: Herbilicious!

By Amanda

it’s all about herbs this week with guest food blogger Jo Orr At this time of year herbs are at their lush best, so I thought I’d share a couple of recipes that put herbs front and centre- a Tabbouleh… 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, Fashion & BeautyJune 24, 2015

Barbara Hepworth, Tate Britain, Jaeger and Margaret Howell

By Amanda

As regular readers will know, Dame Barbara Hepworth is one of our art heros and we’ve written about her influence on us before here. Now the rest of the world is catching on to her brilliance, with Tate Britain’s major… Read More

Art & Culture, UncategorizedJune 23, 2015

A new approach to street style by Maria Lavigina

By Jane

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 as many charities and youth… Read More

Home & GardenJune 22, 2015

New Magazine Crush: Cherry Bombe

By Amanda

We are indebted to our roving food and craft reporter Julia Little for bringing the fabulous Cherry Bombe magazine to our attention. Who said magazines were dying? There’s been a rush of fabulous ones to the bookshelves over the last… Read More

Home & GardenJune 19, 2015

Guest Food Blogger Jo Orr: Summer greens

By Jane

We are deep into June now, so the ‘greenness’ of both nature and produce is reaching its acme. From the acid green of a moped of frisee lettuce, to the fresh green of broad beans and peas, all the way… Read More

Novels & Biogs, We Are ReadingJune 18, 2015

The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild

By Amanda

I was tipped off about this great book by the excellent Lee Randall, who reviewed it on her blog A History of my Life in 100 Objects. Lee writes a far more informed review than I ever could, but I… Read More

Home & GardenJune 18, 2015

Urban gardening, Tokyo style

By Amanda

One of the best things when visiting Japan for me is admiring the urban gardens. Tokyo is very ‘space challenged’ with apartments, shops and restaurants often much smaller in footprint than we are used to in Europe or America. But… 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

Fashion & BeautyJune 16, 2015

Street Style Shots for Grown Up Women: Tokyo Trends

By Amanda

Last week in Tokyo, while twentysomethingsons and middleagedad went to the baseball, I nipped out to take a few street style shots of Japanese grown up women -and a couple of men -couldn’t resist these cute boys above. As well… Read More

Health & HappinessJune 15, 2015

Guest post: 8 Reasons to Talk Openly About The Menopause

By Jane

Todays guest post is from Ida Tin, CEO and co-founder of woman-led digital health startup, Clue (www.helloclue.com). Conversations around the menopause are often avoided, with many fearing that openly discussing the basic functions of the reproductive system will offend those… 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

Art & CultureJune 11, 2015

Suffragette

By Jane

Out on the 30th of October Suffragette stars Carey Mulligan as Maud and Meryl Streep as famous activist Emmeline Pankhurst. It ticks every box.… 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 & AboutJune 9, 2015

Visiting Japan. Back next week….

By Amanda

I’m in Japan this week, so Jane is manning the helm while I swan off for a holiday. I’m back next week with some Japanese grown up style street shots, tales of the Tokyo fish market (above) and a few… 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

Home & GardenJune 5, 2015

Guest Food Blogger Jo Orr: Elderflower season

By Jane

The elder tree can appear somewhat scraggy and nondescript except for one period of the year during which it erupts in a bounty of frothy, heady blossom and makes you glad that you have it in your garden after all.… Read More

Art & CultureJune 4, 2015

The Lady in the Van

By Jane

Out in November, I love Alan Bennet and Maggie Smith – can’t wait. Everything that is great about being British!… Read More

Art & CultureJune 3, 2015

Guest post: The Rare and Remarkable Ruth Artmonsky

By Amanda

Our guest blog slot has enabled some readers to interview women who have long fascinated them, today our guest blogger Anna Lambert tells us about when she met the inspiring Ruth Artmonsky… Ever heard of Ruth Artmonsky? Possibly not –… 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 & CultureJune 1, 2015

Venice: more art from the Biennale, plus a few travel tips

By Amanda

For anyone wanting to visit Venice, I’d urge you to go off season (don’t even think about August) and to consider staying away from the main drag, on either the Dorsoduro or the Guidecca. We stayed at La Calcina, a… Read More

Home & GardenMay 29, 2015

Guest Food Blogger Jo Orr: Food Tales from Scotland

By Amanda

More from our guest food blogger Jo Orr and this weeks she’s in roaming and foraging in Scotland I have travelled 500 miles north to spend the Half Term school holiday with my parents and varied guests in their rambling,… Read More

Art & CultureMay 28, 2015

Women artists at The Venice Art Biennale, TWR’s top picks

By Amanda

Last week I went to the Venice Art Biennale, I know, tough gig, traipsing around the beautiful Italian city, eating more pasta that is good for a girl and trying to figure out how a bottle of tequila can be… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & AboutMay 27, 2015

See this: A Life Seen Through Possessions: Frida by Ishiuchi Miyako

By Jane

Frida Kahlo’s iconic sense of style has influenced fashion and colour for decades and a new photographic collection detailing Kahlo’s wardrobe and belongings is currently on display at the Michael Hoppen Gallery. Frida by Ishiuchi Miyako (2013) features items were… Read More

Things We LoveMay 26, 2015

Perfume review: Arquiste and Bloom

By Amanda

New small-but-beautiful perfume houses are popping up all over the place at the moment, it’s a bit ‘another week, another new brand’ which is very exciting for anyone tired of the mass market selection. But of course you need to… Read More

Out & AboutMay 26, 2015

Sandi Toksvig for Prime Minister, please.

By Amanda

I don’t know how I missed this, since I’m Sandi Toksvig’s biggest fan, but she’s starting her own political party, The Women’s Equality Party, all about women! HOW did this pass me by? Sandi is leaving my favourite Radio 4… 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

Things We LoveMay 22, 2015

Atelier Des Ors: aspirational perfume for when you’re feeling flush

By Amanda

Now, I’m not suggesting for one minute that this new gold-infused perfume from new perfume house Atelier Des Ors is something you’ll all want to go out and buy, it’s prohibitively expensive for a start -£225 for 100mls of eau… Read More

Home & GardenMay 22, 2015

Guest Food Blogger Jo Orr: Food for indecisive weather

By Amanda

The weather this week has been rather Scottish- sudden, torrential downpours followed by blinding sunshine, succeeded ten minutes later by a violent hail storm, then more sunshine producing a gorgeous watery rainbow, its colours blurring at the edges. Then more… Read More