This is a sponsored post in collaboration with Nordgreen I’ve always been a fan of the old ‘one item worn several ways’ thing, and in a world where using what we have over endlessly chasing ‘new in’ is becoming increasingly important, showing that off has become a way – albeit a small one – to encourage loving what you already own.  In fact, if you scroll back far enough on this very blog you’ll find quite a number of ‘restyling’ type posts, each accompanied by a selection of dodgy photos of me standing again ..read more

This is a sponsored post in collaboration with Nordgreen. It’s strange to think that I once thought nothing of spending whole lunchtimes on the high street, returning to my desk with armfuls of fast fashion, some of which I would wear once and then resign to the back of the wardrobe.  And it’s also a very strange confession to begin with for a post that will reference sustainability, but a growing awareness of the sustainability and ethical issues surrounding my past shopping habits have been the driving force behind my changing approach to fashion – support ..read more

I’m writing this on the sofa, on a Sunday afternoon. I’ve got a mug of tea – currently too hot to drink – and we’ve just been for an approximately 3 minute long trip to the recycling bank at the end of the road. It’s really, really lovely out there right now, the type of charming spring early evening that seems to hold a lot of promise.   I will say that perhaps that promise might have felt rather more tangible if it weren’t for the fact that walking ten metres up the r ..read more

Well, reader: the world is a strange place right now (how many times have you heard that in the past few weeks?!). With an appreciation for the little things seemingly more heightened and routine habits and hobbies valued more than ever, things to read, watch and listen to have begun to take on a new importance for me; there are times when reading a chapter of my book at lunchtime or going for a run with a podcast has genuinely reset a day.  I must confess that I expected to have a whole lot more time to watch and read all the things that I’d alway ..read more

For someone who has – honest! – taken some steps to make her bathroom a little less wasteful, the amount I’d been putting a menstrual cup off was a bit embarrassing. It was always something I’d do ‘next period’, except that next period I’d inevitably buy a box of tampons and then think ‘well, I’d better use these up first’. Last week, however, ‘next period’ finally arrived. One thing I can say for lockdown is that it makes for an ideal period experimentation environment (the practicalities of awkwardly trying to insert it for the first time at the office whi ..read more

Before we start, I feel I should acknowledge the current situation the world finds itself in; clearly, not very many people are going to be doing any travelling anytime soon, and this not intended as a suggestion that anyone does. Instead, it’s an account of my own trip there at the end of last year, a chance for me to remember and document. If it’s somewhere that you’d also like to go, I hope that when all of this is done you get that chance  For somewhere that I would claim to have wanted to go to for ‘ages’, Porto is somewhere I had very little actual knowledge of befor ..read more

I’ve never written anything about films because, if I do say so myself, I have truly terrible taste in them. But then I put up an Instagram post the other day about noughties films, and apparently everyone else does too! Congratulations, all of us. So, let’s face it; we’re living in strange and unsettling times. People will naturally deal with this in different ways, but one thing that I’ve really felt like doing is retreating into the comfort and familiarity of nostalgia. And what better type of mindless nostalgia for this particular time than fluffy, syrupy, silly, saccharine, predictable ..read more

This was supposed to be just another one of my week in work outfits posts, the twist being that I’m working from home right now, which given the current situation is not really a twist at all.   I’ll tell you what happened: I really wanted to get dressed a bit more *properly* after my first full WFH week saw me in gym leggings three out of five days (great for a 5 minute yoga break, not so great when you are trying to feel all bUsInEsS and that). Not the same way that I usually would though, because what’s the point in working from home if you have to get fully dressed in the same thing you’d ..read more

Well, when I decided to start writing about the type of entertainment that can be consumed in your home as a blog series I had no idea just how relevant it would be just a few short months later.   I know a lot of people have significantly more time than usual on their hands right now, but even for those for whom time is still in short supply, I think I can safely say a little escapism wouldn’t go amiss – and that’s something that books, television and podcasts are brilliant for.   Since I was so late with edition two of this post, I don’t have reams of recommendations, but with 2020 seemingl ..read more

Before we start, I feel I should acknowledge the current situation the world finds itself in; clearly, not very many people are going to be doing any travelling anytime soon, and this not intended as a suggestion that anyone does. Instead, it’s an account of my own trip there at the end of last year, a chance for me to remember and document. If it’s somewhere that you’d also like to go, I hope that when all of this is done you get that chance   Oh to be back in picture-perfect and utterly enchanting Lisbon; one of those places that it felt like everyone had been to (and loved) except for me ..read more