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Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutApril 28, 2017

Swedish Style: Gudrun Sjödén and Josef Frank at The Fashion and Textile Museum

By Amanda

The lovely, all-inclusive Swedish designer Gudrun Sjödén has a small exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsay, which is well worth popping into. Regular readers may remember my fabulous trip to Gudrun’s 40 years of Fashion exhibition in… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 26, 2017

The Best Of Spring Beauty: TWR Tried-&-Tested Roundup

By Amanda

I know I’ve been paying less attention to fashion over the last few months, but really, it’s ALL about beauty currently as far as retail is concerned. As I write this, retail figures have had their biggest fall for seven… Read More

Things We LoveApril 25, 2017

Scented Pencils From Caran D’Ache and Mizensir

By Amanda

Attention stationery geeks, it’s National Stationery Week! A good excuse to treat yourself to a new note book or set of coloured pens or possibly you might want to indulge in some scented pencils, like these lovely limited edition ones… Read More

Out & AboutApril 24, 2017

Made in Margate: What to see & do

By Jane

Since buying a house in Margate (and the ongoing media obsession) I have been inundated with requests for recommendations for visiting DFLs and beyond. So, to avoid repeating myself on a regular basis, here is my guide to some things… Read More

Things We LoveApril 23, 2017

Sliders To Strive For

By Amanda

I’m touching wood heavily as I write this next bit of the next sentence, but I’ve never suffered from back problems. I think it’s because I do yoga and haven’t worn heels for ages, but I’m not foolish enough to… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 20, 2017

The Women’s Room Guide to Swishing*

By Amanda

*Swishing. It’s a dreadful word that sounds like it’s a vaguely dodgy practice indulged in by bored married couples but in fact was invented to make an evening where you swap clothes sound more exciting. You may all know this,… Read More

Food, We Are ReadingApril 20, 2017

London, The Cook Book by Cara Frost-Sharratt

By Amanda

Since we all now have enough cookery books to last a couple of lifetimes (it’s not just me, of that I’m sure) publishers are coming up with new hybrids of the form to keep us buying. So we have London,… Read More

Art & CultureApril 18, 2017

Dries Van Noten: The Film

By Jane

Dries Van Noten is one of my favourite designers and my love for him was truly confirmed when he featured an array of older models in his 100th runway show. Over nearly three decades he has built a thriving company,… Read More

Home & GardenApril 17, 2017

We’re On Our Easter Break! Back Next Week.

By Amanda

We are on our Easter Break this week, ripping up patterned lino in Margate and planting sweet peas in Barnes. or something like that. We’re back next week. Meanwhile, if you feel you’ve missed a TWR feature or two, you… Read More

Things We LoveApril 15, 2017

A Fabulous Lipstick For All From Lipstick Queen

By Amanda

Listen up, womenfolk! I’ve learned about a terrific new lipstick from the Lipstick Queen that works for anyone. The weirdly green coloured Frog Prince is a shea-butter and vitamin E stuffed lipstick that once applied, amplifies your own lip colour… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 14, 2017

Style My Wardrobe With Tamara Fulton

By Amanda

I’ve never worked with a stylist or personal shopper. Having worked in fashion most of my life, I’ve always trusted my own instincts and been comfortable with my own style, although I have often wondered what someone else might ‘do’… Read More

Health & Happiness, Health & Happiness, We Are ReadingApril 13, 2017

Vera & John – An Everyday Story of Family Life

By Jane

Jason Wilde is a London based photographer who’s work is influenced by growing up in the city and the small dramas of family life. He looks at the shifting social landscapes reflected in the people that inhabit its diverse communities.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 10, 2017

Our Modern Lives: An Accurate Way To Talk About Fragrance

By Amanda

As regular readers will know, I took a left turn into the world of fragrance not long ago to write We Wear Perfume and specialise in fragrance trends (yes, there is such a thing) as well as fashion. One of… Read More

Home & GardenApril 7, 2017

Made in Margs: The diary of a renovation

By Jane

If you follow our Instagram feed you will see I have been visiting Margate rather a lot over the last few months and have now become the proud owner of a very tiny bungalow in Cliftonville. Five minutes from the… Read More

Things We LoveApril 6, 2017

Tadine, from Les Belles Matieres Collection by Cire Trudon

By Amanda

Of all the candles I have inhaled over the last twelve months – and believe me, there’s been a LOT of inhaling – I’m always looking for someone to out-do my very favourite candle maker of all time, Cire Trudon.… Read More

Health & HappinessApril 5, 2017

Move Over Mindfullness, It’s All About The Sound Bath

By Amanda

For those of you still wondering if you should download the mindfulness app to keep up to the minute on all things holistic, stop right there. Things have moved on and it’s now all about the Sound Bath. Last week… Read More

UncategorizedApril 3, 2017

Life & Style Icon: Lyn Slater

By Jane

Having see Lyn Slater in the latest Mango advert, I was fascinated to know more about her. A professor of social studies at Fordham University in New York, she also writes the Accidental Icon blog and describes her style as,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 31, 2017

Temptation At Teatime From Joseph

By Amanda

So, here we are, last day on month three of No New (quarter way through!) and I am feeling quite smug on buying nothing. Well, mostly. There have been temptations. I’ve been to a number of fragrance and fashion appointments… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & AboutMarch 29, 2017

See this: Entangled, Threads & Making

By Jane

Over the last couple of years you may have read about how British coastal towns are enjoying a revival and in particular how Margate is the new Shoreditch!! Anyone who has visited Margate will know this isn’t true (thank God)… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutMarch 27, 2017

A New Beauty Destination For Middleagedad: Beast

By Amanda

Men’s grooming, as you will all know by now, has changed beyond all recognition over the last decade. Blame it on the metrosexual (a word I hardly ever hear nowadays) of the mid 2000s, since their emergence, men are taking… Read More

Health & HappinessMarch 24, 2017

More Couple Goals: Barbara and Stanley

By Jane

If you have a few minutes today, make yourself a cup of tea and watch this charming film from Nowness, about Barbara and Stanley, who have been together for over forty years, despite never living in the same time zone.… Read More

Middle Aged MumMarch 22, 2017

Middleagemum.com: Mother’s Day In Limbo

By Amanda

It’s Mother’s Day in the UK on Sunday and our inbox has been full all week with PR emails suggesting things mothers might like to receive…From Sea Ferns in frames to Beef Wellington (which still needs cooking), there are some… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 20, 2017

Couple Goals from Bonpon511

By Jane

A Japanese couple who have been married for 37 years and wear matching outfits every single day, have become social media stars. The couple go by the name of Bonpon511 on Instagram which rumoured to be a fusion of their… Read More

Things We LoveMarch 17, 2017

Couture Jams from Confiture Parisienne

By Amanda

I read this week that marmalade – which I love- is in decline, mostly because it’s only being bought by older people. In a recent research project, it was discovered that six out of ten marmalade buyers are over 65.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 16, 2017

Older Models Looking Awesome With Lonely Lingerie

By Amanda

Older models are happening again, there were some great examples on the catwalks (Dries Van Noten was our favourite) and I was really thrilled to see older models featured in a lingerie campaign this week. The gorgeous Mercy Brewer, seen… Read More

UncategorizedMarch 15, 2017

See this: Enter the Dragons

By Jane

The menopause isn’t usually the subject of comedy in fact type the word into your search engine and you’ll get a barrage of remorselessly bleak advice about incontinence, lack of libido, depression and HRT, couched in florid, scare-mongering language. It’s… Read More

Out & AboutMarch 13, 2017

Flower Making at VV Rouleaux

By Amanda

The world has gone mad for events and workshops, everywhere you look someone is encouraging you to sign up to learn about this or make that. It’s all about ‘experience’ now, not just shopping or product. Which, frankly, couldn’t have… Read More

Health & HappinessMarch 10, 2017

Women who get s…t done: Bernie Yates

By Jane

Mention Bernie Yate’s name to anyone who’s been to Central St Martins in the last 27 years and they will invairably exclaim, “oh I love Bernie”! Loud, enthusiastic and always one to stand out in crowd due to her love… Read More

Health & HappinessMarch 8, 2017

Modern Women, 52 Pioneers by Kira Cochrane, a good read for International Women’s Day

By Amanda

It’s International Women’s Day today, March 8th, and in case you’re feeling -like us- that it doesn’t seem like we have much to cheer about at the moment, can we recommend an excellent and uplifting new book to strengthen our… Read More

Health & HappinessMarch 6, 2017

Be trans, be proud — but don’t call yourself a “real woman”

By Jane

Jenni Murray’s article in yesterdays Sunday Times suggests that men who undergo sex change operations cannot be “real women”. Previous similar claims have generated and angry response from transgender activists and Jenni says she “realises the implications of making such… Read More