This week in lockdown… I have given Mr That’s Not My Age a half-decent haircut (with a pair of Boots’ cheapest Salon Performance scissors) and whisper it am now contemplating a DIY t...
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If you like The Detectorists, you’ll love The Dig. A dreamy film based on the true story of the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk; on the brink of the Secon...
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Just when I was beginning to wonder if I’ll ever wear smart shoes again, along comes a limited edition collection of loafers well worth swapping my stompy boots and Birki’s f...
It’s natural to want to feel cocooned and cosy at this time of year. But on perma-lockdown in the middle of a global pandemic I’m all over clothes that give me a great big hu...
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We all need a laugh right now and the new Fran Lebowitz series Pretend It’s a City by Martin Scorsese, on Netflix, is a delight. The writer and raconteur is hilarious on what she loves an...
What stops you introducing a new silhouette or style to your wardrobe, or trying a new combination of clothes? Fear of looking bad?
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This winter the Duvet Coat has come into its own: Freezing temperatures, another lockdown and escaping outdoors to keep ourselves sane. If you live in the northern hemisphere and already own a super-s...
The crucial question lighting up my phone screen over the holidays, as one friend after another finished the final season of Schitt’s Creek was, ‘what on earth am I going to watch now?!
