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Winter Solstice: Fake News!

Winter solstice, we just had it right? December 21st; shortest day of every year. Can anyone explain to me why we are then currently getting only 6 or 7 minutes of daylight at the moment? I am so over winter, I can’t tell you. Meanwhile my electricity supplier is sending out random bills with figures […]

Happy New Year

Thank God that’s all over. 2017 sucked majorly; a year of stress, bereavement, and what felt very much like running to stand still. I’ve lost count of the number of people I’ve spoken with who found last year really difficult. So, goodbye 2017, don’t let the door hit you in the  derrière on the way […]

Emmanuel

Got up on Christmas  Eve morning and checked my phone. 48 WhatsApp messages. What the hey? Did the only sensible thing and switched the phone off immediately. My plans are to do absolutely nothing useful for the next few days. Answering 48 messages is not on that list. Having made this momentous decision, I managed […]

AlaraApothecary: We Brighten Your Day

Goodness gracious, the whole world has gone nuts again. Having survived the extremely dangerous drive from London to the countryside last week, I’m afraid the allure of snow has worn off big time. And can I just say that I was not at all loving the freezing sleet last Monday either. The eternal sunshine of  […]

Work Work Work

Photos: Port Side mirror:Ed Napper for Harcourt; Night Sky cabinet: West Elm; Twist stool: Tamasine Osher; Ferro Vitro Chandelier: Cox, London. The last couple of weeks have been ridiculously exhausting; I seem to have been deluged by a tsunami of end-of-year work madness, with everyone rushing around like lunatics. I’ve had one day off in […]