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Fashion & BeautyOctober 5, 2017

The Year Of Buying Nothing: How it’s Changed My Thoughts On Clothes

By Amanda

The Year Of Buying Nothing is not that far off over, I’m 5/6th’s of the way through and I’m hardly missing buying clothes. I am shocked at myself, if I was a clothes addict, then I’m finding withdrawal a lot… Read More

Art & CultureOctober 2, 2017

Hull City of Culture 2017

By Jane

Hull is one of those places you have to make an effort to go to. You can’t pass through in the car, or on the train – as it’s at the end of the train line, on the edge the… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 29, 2017

Smart Women Chefs: Nancy Silverton Needs The Right Clothes To Cook Well

By Amanda

I’m grabbing some late summer sun in Ibiza this week and reading a mountain of magazines and I was particularly struck by the Nancy Silverton article in Gourmand. I knew nothing about Nancy (I can see our American readers all… Read More

Out & AboutSeptember 27, 2017

Petersham Nurseries Opens In Covent Garden

By Amanda

The fabulous Petersham Nurseries is now something of an institution in west London, although no one who knows the place goes at the weekend because it’s so jammed. But mid week, for lunch and a potter around the carefully edited… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 25, 2017

Burberry at Old Sessions House

By Jane

I’m not usually a huge fan of Burberry clothes, as they feel too commercial in a hideously expensive way. But its most recent collection was quirky and refreshing, blending its heritage pieces with eccentric knits and unexpected fabrics. I love… Read More

Out & AboutSeptember 22, 2017

Guest Blogger Elena Bowes: What’s Cooking In New York This Autumn

By Amanda

Our New York correspondent Elena Bowes has rounded up some exciting cultural happenings in the city this autumn, just in case you are visiting, or you’re one of our NYC readers. Not jealous. Nope. Not at all. Over to your… Read More

Home & GardenSeptember 21, 2017

Crazy Things You Do When You’re Pregnant

By Amanda

I am now a solid nine months into my Buy Nothing year and I thought you’d like to know how I was getting on. People keep asking me how I’m doing, perching their heads to one side as you do… Read More

Home & GardenSeptember 20, 2017

Made In Margs: The diary of a renovation #3

By Jane

Things are progressing slowly but surely in the old peoples bungalow, as unfortunately in order to knock down the rather unattractive living room ‘arch’ we need to put in steels. Margate builders may turn up on time and want to… Read More

Things We LoveSeptember 15, 2017

Midnight Radiance Mask from Omorovicza, For Lazy Beauty Fans

By Amanda

I am very lazy with my beauty routine, preferring fast action, simple applications rather than complex, multi-staged interventions. Apparently there’s a ‘thing ‘about double cleansing happening in beauty right now, I can hardly bring myself to clean once, let alone… Read More

Home & GardenSeptember 15, 2017

Cold Brew Coffee: Boringly Quiet But Good.

By Amanda

Now, don’t shout at me here, but I’m starting to think Christmas presents. I appreciate you might be still dusting the sand off your feet from your summer hols, but here in blog-ville we’ve been thinking about chocolate mince pies… Read More

Middle Aged MumSeptember 12, 2017

Middleagedmum.com: Adulting

By Jane

As 20 something daughter gets ready to go back to university for her final year – we have that back to school feeling for the very last time. This time next year, she will be an actual adult doing actual… Read More

Out & AboutSeptember 7, 2017

See This: Leighton House and the Alma-Tadema Collection

By Amanda

A while back Jane mentioned her disappointment with the new Design Museum and started a comments-conversation on what to see in West London. It turned out we’d never written anything on one of my favourite spaces, Leighton House Museum, just… Read More

Art & CultureSeptember 5, 2017

Things to Love in September

By Jane

The Return of Katherine Hamnett 1980s fashion icon Katharine Hamnett, is back and not before time, as we are in dire need of some activist fashion that comes from the heart, rather than some not so subtle marketing ploy. Her… Read More

Food, We Are ReadingSeptember 4, 2017

Soulful Baker by Julie Jones.

By Amanda

If any of you are keen bakers, you probably already follow the talented Julie Jones on her instagram feed. She has a way with decorating a cake or a tart that makes you wish for more time in the day… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 1, 2017

Arket: A Good New Brand For Grown Up Women (And Men)

By Amanda

Hello! Welcome back to TWR. We have had a great summer recharging our batteries, we hope yours was good too. Anything interesting happen while we were away? Well yes, as it happens. Arket launched, a rather good new brand from… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 4, 2017

We Are Off On Our Annual Summer Break

By Amanda

We are off on our annual summer break for a few weeks, to recharge our creative batteries and to get out and about to find new things to talk to you about. We are back Friday, 1st September, so we… Read More

Art & CultureAugust 2, 2017

Women In Art: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

By Amanda

Our roving cultural reporter Elena Bowes is back in her home town of New York this week, chatting to curator Natalie Bell of the New Museum about Artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and her new show, Under Song For A Cypher. If… Read More

Out & AboutJuly 31, 2017

Summer FOMO

By Jane

It’s that time of year when ones social media feeds fill up with people lounging around on sun beds in fabulous locations, or attending amazing cultural or music events. I’ve never been much of a plan in advance kind of… Read More

Art & Culture, Novels & Biogs, We Are ReadingJuly 28, 2017

The Lost Girl, By Carol Drinkwater

By Amanda

This week I found myself sitting opposite Helen Herriot, wife of vet James Herriot of All Creatures Great And Small fame and the person I most wanted to end up being when I was a teenager (after Rhoda). Who wouldn’t… Read More

Art & CultureJuly 28, 2017

Listen to This: The High Low

By Jane

I’m late to the current craze for Podcasts – I know right, me late to a trend, I must be losing my touch!! Months ago (or even years?), when everyone was banging on about Serial, I was wondering when they… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutJuly 26, 2017

Guest Blogger Elena Bowes: Stephan Janson, Milan’s Best-Kept Secret

By Amanda

Our roving reporter Elena Bowes has been in Milan, where she spent an afternoon with a designer you’ll likely never have heard of, yet whose influence is extensive; Mr Stephan Janson. Here he offers up a very grounded view on… Read More

Things We LoveJuly 26, 2017

The Dries Van Noten Film Is Out On DVD

By Amanda

Just a quick heads up for anyone who might want to see the new Dries Van Noten film but whose local cinema is unlikely to screen it…The film is out now on DVD and is a total treat. Jane wrote… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 24, 2017

Willowberry: A New British Skincare Brand To Consider

By Amanda

Willowberry is a new British skincare brand that uses 100% natural or naturally derived ingredients alongside super-food style ‘boosts’ provided by rosehip oil and chia seed. It’s also the brainchild of Jenni Retourne, someone we’ve known almost since the beginning… Read More

Things We LoveJuly 24, 2017

A Few Summer Drinks Ideas, Plus An Excellent Cocktail Book

By Amanda

Apparently, according to new research, even moderate drinking is now linked to an increased risk of dementia and other age-related issues. Life without any alcohol would be very dull in my view, but I’m aware of the dangers and I… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 21, 2017

Style Icon: Celine (and not the brand)

By Jane

This new video directed by Gordon Von Steiner, featuring Celine Dion wearing six styles from the most recent Fall 2017 couture shows, was commissioned by Vogue. Maybe the new editor is already having an effect and moving away from the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 19, 2017

A Couple Of Good Summer Throw-Ons From East

By Amanda

The heat! Man, this has been an unusually warm summer so far, at least where I’ve been sitting here in Barnes. Not only have we had gloriously sunny hot days, but now we’re having muggy, overcast hot days too. If… Read More

Art & CultureJuly 17, 2017

See this: Breathing Colour by Hella Jongerius

By Jane

The new The Design Museum is something of a disappointment in my opinion. Miles from anywhere vaguely interesting (unless you combine a visit to the V&A) it is a beautifully designed space, but there is little to see or do… Read More

Home & GardenJuly 14, 2017

Summer Reading: Our Best Books For The Beach

By Amanda

Summer holidays are around the corner so it seemed a good idea to round up some good reads for the beach or back garden. For anyone who hasn’t yet read Sarah Perry’s The Essex Serpent, above, so cleverly displayed in… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 12, 2017

When did fashion get so expensive?

By Jane

Reading Lucinda Chambers honest account of her sacking, the state of the publishing world and how the fashion business is more about profit than creativity, got me thinking. Over the last few years the fashion cycle has becomet even faster… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 10, 2017

Adding A Layer Of Invisible Style With Some Niche Summer Scents

By Amanda

Most of us have been busy peeling off layers of clothes to cope with the magnificent heat we’ve been experiencing in the UK recently, but today I’m suggesting you add another -invisible – layer of style. Scent is a useful… Read More