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Out & AboutJuly 30, 2014

Something for the weekend: Hackney WickED and Feast

By Jane

Hackney Wick is one of those areas you might never visit unless your were local. Nestled between Victoria Park and the Olympic park/ Westfield, Stratford, until recently (pre Olypmpics) it was full of small factories, artist studios and undiscovered (except… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 29, 2014

A lesson in scarf tying with Cleo Ferin Mercury

By Amanda

One absolute joy of having our blog, is that we meet so many interesting people, including other bloggers, many of whom have turned into friends. Kirsty from Fashion For Lunch is my latest addition, her blog is great and she… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 28, 2014

How to dress for summer: Nonna Chic

By Jane

Every time I go on holiday to Europe I am inspired by the way the older women dress, whether it’s the super chic Parisian women, uber tanned bikini wearing Spanish women or the Italian Nonnas sweeping their front steps in… Read More

Home & Garden, We Are ReadingJuly 27, 2014

Tout Hache by Theurry De Vissant, Lucile Gargasson, Ahmed Yahi

By Jane

Lets be honest here, absolutely nobody really needs a new cook book. But sometimes one comes a long that entices you in (with me it’s usually the beautiful design) and Tout Hache has done just that, both with its stylish … Read More

Health & HappinessJuly 26, 2014

Weekend Woman: Elaine Stritch

By Jane

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

Fashion & BeautyJuly 25, 2014

A new bag love: The Original Satchel Store

By Amanda

How many handbags do you have? I thought I had enough hand bags, well I DO have more than enough bags, but then The Original Satchel Store sent along this soft leather tote bag for us to consider. As it… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 24, 2014

The power of the beauty Vlogger

By Jane

There is a beauty revolution going on and if you are not a teenager/twenty something (or living with one) you could have absolutely no idea it was happening. For some time my beauty obsessed daughter has been telling me about… Read More

Things We LoveJuly 23, 2014

The perfect cherry stoner

By Amanda

A bit niche, but I recommend this excellent cherry stoner for anyone who has to work their way through a lot of cherries. You may remember I rent a cherry tree from er, RentACherryTree and this year has seen our… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 23, 2014

Great use of older models by jewellery designer Zorya

By Amanda

We mentioned last week the fab film by The Future Lab, which highlights how the beauty industry is being very slow to realise that using older models in their marketing campaigns might be no bad thing, since, y’know, there are… Read More

Middle Aged MumJuly 22, 2014

Middleagedmum.com: How to find the perfect holiday companions

By Jane

As a child, I will never forget the feeling of dread when we arrived at a draughty, remote cottage in Scotland for a two week holiday. My brother and I would desperately search for the TV only to be told… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 21, 2014

Summer (and autumn-launch) perfume review

By Amanda

It’s ALL about perfume this week on TWR, what with our Scent Salon happening tomorrow with Odette Toilette and Aesop…(are you coming?) Over the last few months I’ve inhaled more fragrance than is probably good for a girl. The number… Read More

Health & HappinessJuly 19, 2014

Weekend Woman: Anne Reid

By Amanda

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

Home & GardenJuly 18, 2014

Garden Inspiration for a sunny weekend

By Jane

Remember Amanda’s post on the wonderful house and gardens at Great Dixter. If like me you still haven’t managed to make the trip there, you might enjoy this lovely film from Nowness. The master of English horticulture, gardener Christopher Lloyd’s… Read More

Things We LoveJuly 17, 2014

Footner, AKA The Big Peel, for feet

By Amanda

You need to know about Footner, a rather weird sounding product that promises to restore your feet to baby-skin softness. I was alerted to it by an entertaining Mumsnet thread which indicated it was indeed good, but you had to… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 17, 2014

Wet weather protection perfection with Protected Species

By Amanda

I have been mightily impressed with some new rain wear that came my way recently. The nice people at Protected Species (Iove the name) sent me one of their parka rain coats to try, to demonstrate the London based design… Read More

Out & AboutJuly 16, 2014

See these: Before I Go to Sleep and Gone Girl

By Jane

Two of my favourite ‘did he didn’t he’ novels have been turned into films and despite my dislike of Nicole Kidman (don’t ask why, I don’t know!) I am very excited about the release of Before I Go to Sleep,… Read More

Out & AboutJuly 15, 2014

Scent Salon with Odette Toilette and Aesop

By Amanda

Only a week to go before our fabulous Scent Salon with Aesop and Odette Toilette, have you bought your tickets yet? It should be a fantastic evening. For those that have and for anyone who isn’t quite sure what we… Read More

Health & HappinessJuly 14, 2014

Anti Ageing: where we are now

By Jane

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

Health & HappinessJuly 12, 2014

Weekend Woman: Caryn Franklin

By Amanda

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

Events, Out & AboutJune 29, 2014

A Taste For Scent, with The Women’s Room and Odette Toilette

By Amanda

We are on holiday this week, but while we are away…..Exciting news! We are proud to announce we are having our first TWR fragrance event, in conjunction with the fabulous fragrance expert Odette Toilette and the beauty brand Aesop. A… Read More

Health & HappinessJune 29, 2014

We’re on holiday! Back on Monday 14th July

By Amanda

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

Health & HappinessJune 28, 2014

Weekend Woman: Debbie Harry

By Amanda

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

Home & GardenJune 27, 2014

Badges to wear when you’re proud to be a knitter or crocheter, from True Brit Knits

By Amanda

I love these old school badges from True Brit Knits, they remind me of the ones I used to wear on my old school tie. Those badges were a weird thing, weren’t they? in some ways they were a a… Read More

Health & Happiness, Things We LoveJune 26, 2014

Buy this: Olverum Bath Oil

By Jane

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

Middle Aged MumJune 25, 2014

Middleagedmum.com: going, going, gone

By Amanda

It’s been a bit of a month for us Middleagemums, first Jane says ‘goodbye to school’ and over in TWR’s Barnes HQ, eldest and middleson are on their way out of the house forever…. It is now nearly four years… Read More

Art & Culture, Health & Happiness, We Are ReadingJune 24, 2014

Summer reading: what’s on your list?

By Jane

Amanda and I are about to go on holiday (not together, that would be weird) so will be taking the first two weeks of July off from work and the blog. I am off to Spain on a family holiday… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 23, 2014

Dressing for summer: a few sale florals to buy at Hobbs

By Amanda

What is it with Hobbs at the moment? Every time I pop into one of its London stores I find something else I want to buy. Having not been in one for years, now I am on smiling terms… Read More

Novels & Biogs, We Are ReadingJune 22, 2014

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys by Viv Albertine

By Amanda

If you’ve ever wanted to be in a band, you need to read Tracey Thorn’s book, followed swiftly by this one by the amazing Viv Albertine. Where Tracey is mostly quite sensible in her music career, Viv is wild and… Read More

Health & HappinessJune 21, 2014

Weekend woman: Ally Lloyd, AKA Ally Capellino

By Amanda

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

Middle Aged MumJune 20, 2014

Middleagedmum.com: Schools out forever

By Jane

After months of stress, starting with AS levels, followed by visiting and applying for university, revising and doing A Levels, teen daughter has finally done her last exam and finished school forever. We can ALL breath a sigh of relief… Read More