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Ageless Fashion and How You Can Infuse Your Look with Timeless Clothing

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Fashion is constantly changing, with new styles pushing out old ones and fresh colours we’re told we must wear season by season. But what are the timeless fashion pieces that never leave our wardrobes? From womens clothing like jeans to boots and dresses to skirts, we’ve selected the true iconic women’s fashion pieces that have […]

What’s the point of feminism when so many men are shit?

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I wrote this post three years ago. Has anything changed? It was magical. Sunlight made the mountain snow sparkle and the only sound was boots crunching. Boots crunching and people talking.     Three women were chatting – intelligent, successful women enjoying the stunning Scottish scenery, respite from the festive round and the chance to […]

The children’s books I loathe

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At the head of the queue is that curious monkey George. That irritating primate does my head in with his cute banana-fuelled antics in a chocolate factory (or anywhere else).  If I’m being honest it’s not just the monkey himself or even the very, very strange Yellow Hat Man that’s the problem. And if I’d […]

Finding Your Forever Home

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Do you know what your dream home is? Well, not a lot of people do. Even if you do know what it is, it can be hard to find something within budget and within reason, that will allow you to find that perfect forever home. By forever home we mean you won’t be moving again, […]

New year new snooze: Is smart sleeping even a thing and is it worth thinking about?

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Remember when sleeping was just a matter of lying down and shutting your eyes? I was brilliant at it – talented. My only concern was that I wasn’t particularly good at doing it on public transport or for all that long after the sun came up. But I could do it pretty much anywhere else […]

Blethering from the Palace of Bundance

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Usual festive nonsense It was shaping up to be a run-of-the-mill roundup from the Palace of Bundance, possibly interspersed with promises to remove the proverbial from the unmentionable for the next 12 months and generally buck up and make the best of it. I might even have found something meaningful to say about wonky Christmas […]

Christmas: How to cope when it isn’t your turn to have the kids

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I wrote this a couple of Christmases ago and I was reminded of it when I saw another mum chum going through similar this year.  Every other year Boys One and Two spend Christmas with their dad. We’ve been doing it this way for 15 years now. So that’s around seven December 25ths I’ve spent […]

18 Ways Your Child Can Benefit From Hobbies

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Nothing is of greater concern to a parent other than the ideal growth of his or her child. The ideal upbringing of a child involves a lot of factors, hobbies being one of them. The type of hobby the child develops will play a big part in determining the character of the child. Bad hobbies […]