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Fashion & BeautyMay 6, 2012

Style Icons: Miuccia Prada

By Amanda

Today we’re having a little photographic appreciation of Mrs Prada. Just because. Well actually it’s due to the fact she and Elsa Schiaparelli are the subject of a great new exhibition opening at the Costume Institute of the New York… Read More

Health & HappinessMay 5, 2012

More tips for married bliss: from Kenny and Selma married for 72 years

By Jane

Sent to the founder of the hilarious Awkward Family Photos blog on his wedding day, by his grandparents Kenny and Selma, who couldn’t make the long trip accross country to attend. Watch it right to the end – totes hilaire!… Read More

Novels & Biogs, We Are ReadingMay 4, 2012

In A Summer Season by Elizabeth Taylor

By Amanda

We are hugely indebted to Debora Robertson (@lickedspoon) for this suggestion, we are trying to get Debora to write a blog post with her best books suggestions since she is an erudite wizz. I’d never heard of this author before,… Read More

Art & CultureMay 4, 2012

John Peel’s music collection moves on line: one for middleagedad

By Amanda

This is something that will make many, many middleagedads (and mums too, but there’ll be more dads, there just will) happy, John Peel’s famed, extensive music collection is to go on line. Peel is a sacred name in the music… Read More

Art & CultureMay 3, 2012

Retronaut: historical Pinterest

By Jane

Retronaut is a blog create by Chris Wild, who believes that by changing the way we think of time, we can open up its creative possibilities. He calls himself a “retronaut”, which he defines as “someone who goes back in… Read More

Things We LoveMay 2, 2012

Toast twist back swimsuit

By Amanda

Still on the search for the perfect swimsuit, we were drawn to the Toast ones, particularly the Mia Bather twist back one above, which is both pretty and looks like it might be a great fit for those who have… Read More

Art & CultureMay 2, 2012

New ways to buy interiors, art and vintage: everythinginmyhousemagazine.com

By Amanda

Recently, Jane tweeted that she would love it if magazine editorials were shop-able, a sort of ‘browsing with cup of tea in hand, lovely picture, inspiring ideas, click to buy’ sort of process. She was having a tweeversation (?) with… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 1, 2012

How to wear summer sparkle

By Jane

If you have been shopping over the last few weeks, you can’t fail to have noticed there is something of a occasion wear invasion going on. What was once previously reserved for partywear or special occasions such as Christmas, is… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 30, 2012

The History Tag at Hiut Denim co: the story of clothes.

By Amanda

I’m a bit ‘meh’ about the high street at the moment, yes clothes are fabulously colourful/floral/printed but I’m not really biting. I think it’s because the actual process of buying new clothes is a bit dull compared to the huge… Read More

Health & HappinessApril 29, 2012

The secret of married bliss: who knows?

By Jane

Yesterday (in the side column of shame) Joan Collins shared what she thinks are the secrets to wedded bliss. Her current husband Percy is 46 and she will be 79 next month and when questioned on the ages gap, says… Read More

Things We LoveApril 28, 2012

Camper wedges

By Jane

If like me, you find slightly dressed up summer footwear a bit of a comfort over style issue, then these bad girls may be the answer to all your problems – I can’t promise they will make your partner start… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingApril 28, 2012

Mary Quant by Mary Quant

By Jane

Mary Quant was the first female designer to encourage women to break with convention and be whoever they wanted to be. The inventor of the mini skirt, her revoloutionary ability to innovate and re-define the way women dress, is still… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 28, 2012

Reading glasses: an excuse to buy more accessories

By Amanda

Recently I got reading glasses as I now can’t read anything in small print after 6.00pm/without a major light source close by as it is too dark and small to see. These reading glasses are in addition to my recently… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 27, 2012

Fashion, Feminism and Inspiring Women with Whistles and Penguin

By Jane

Contrary to popular legend, lots of the women I know who work in fashion, are proud to call themselves feminists. Most of those friends however, are of a similar age and have been in the business long enough to remember… Read More

Middle Aged MumApril 26, 2012

Middleagemum.com: no, I do not have a PHD in beauty

By Amanda

To buy anything in skin care now you need to have a serious understanding of science. In fact a PHD in dermatology would be a big help in understanding just the packaging, let alone what’s inside. Looking at a shelf … Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 25, 2012

One for the runners: Nike Flyknit

By Jane

Despite the fact the only thing I ever run for, is a bus, I am loving these knitted Nikes. Featherweight and seamless are key words in the trends world at the moment and this revolutionary new process of manufacturing combines… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 24, 2012

Astalift: worth looking out for

By Amanda

Attention ladies! We might have just found something worth getting mildly excited about in the skincare area. To be honest, Jane and I are exhausted from seeing all these beauty brands, and we’re at the stage where we’ve seen enough… Read More

Middle Aged MumApril 23, 2012

Middleagedmum.com: the art of queuing

By Jane

It wasn’t till I lived in London that I realised the importance of of queuing. Having previously lived in small towns or cities, queuing didn’t feature heavily in my daily life. But in London it is a necessary evil that… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 22, 2012

Atmospheric photos: so much nicer than ‘Get The Look’

By Amanda

Do you ever sometimes see a photo or image in a magazine and think, ‘that’s a PERFECT look’ ? It doesn’t happen very often but it happened to me when I opened the Toast catalogue for summer this week. This… Read More

Home & Garden, We Are ReadingApril 21, 2012

The Camper Van Coast: Cooking, Eating, Living the Life by Marin Dorey

By Jane

Health & HappinessApril 21, 2012

The Great Wall of Vagina and The Vagenda

By Jane

Ever since I watched a documentary on women who have labiaplasty to make their vaginas ‘look nicer’, I have been fascinated by the idea that some women think this is a cause for anxiety. Artist Jamie McCartney has addressed this… Read More

Art & CultureApril 20, 2012

World Book Night again, we have books to give away…

By Amanda

It’s World Book Night on Monday 23rd April, and once again middleagedad has offered to give out books (only 25 this year rather than 50, which is something of a relief). This year he has selected the wonderful if disturbing… Read More

Health & HappinessApril 19, 2012

Do something good today: sign the international letter & petition to Asma al-Assad

By Jane

Asma Al-Assad, the first lady of Syria, has yet to speak out about the violence spreading through her own country. This video has been made in an attempt to garner the strength and resolve of women worldwide to try and… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 18, 2012

We have a winner! Lucza’s competition

By Amanda

We have a winner for the fantastic Luzca capsule wardrobe competition…drum role…Hannah Harriman! Well done Hannah, we are all VERY jealous. Thanks to everyone who entered, sorry you can’t all win. … Read More

Things We LoveApril 18, 2012

Liberty and Nike collaboration

By Jane

We love these Liberty print high top wedges and really don’t care if we are too “old” to wear them. In the words of the teen “Have you lost your mind mum, they are soo Tulisa.” Do I look like… Read More

Out & AboutApril 18, 2012

We love: Great Dixter House and Gardens

By Amanda

If I’m ever fantasising about inheriting millions from a rich relative I never knew existed (I don’t do the lottery, hence the need for a dead family member) I know EXACTLY what I’m going to spend the money on. As… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 17, 2012

Sharmadean from WAH -“buy a bottle of Seche Vite topcoat. it will change your life.”

By Jane

Teen daughter and I love to go and get our nails ‘did’ in nearby Dalston. We have tried lots of the salons from the most dodgy to the most glamorous (and there aren’t too many of those) but our all… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 16, 2012

The Need for Tweed: Harris Tweed and Clarks

By Amanda

We’re having something of a woolly moment here at TWR, after seeing wool weaves at Solva Woollen Mill last week, we came across a Harris Tweed/ Clarks combo that got my heart racing at the Clarks press day -held in… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Home & GardenApril 15, 2012

New magazines: CR Fashion Book and Landscape

By Jane

Since Carine Roitfeld resigned as editor of French Vogue, the media has been awash with speculation as to what her next job would be. Roitfeld has always been revered for her effortless French style and at 57 is seen as… Read More

Home & GardenApril 14, 2012

Martha Moments: lemon skin fire lighters

By Amanda

We are indebted to TWR reader Lindsay Howell, who provided both this fabulously creative way to recycle lemon rinds as well as introducing us to Solva Woollen Mill. Martha Moments, you will remember, are an homage to Martha Stewart, whose… Read More