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This is a collaboration with Wax Lyrical for you to win some gorgeous candles and diffusers. I remember visiting Wax Lyrical when I was a teenager with my Mom at Merryhill Shopping Centre in the West Midlands. I’d never seen anything like it and I spent all of my part-time wages between there and the Body…
Arguably the most important meal of the year, Christmas dinner is the one time that we really try to get it right [read: perfect] in our family. Although we’re not turkey eaters [shhh!] and still prefer chicken [and so does our bank manager], we love preparing all of the sides and trimmings that we don’t…
Spring is here – and that means better weather, seasonal fruit and vegetables changing from the starchy roots to the lighter salads, and the chance to eat outdoors. This week I’ve been planning a nautical, seafood brunch for our little family escape together. In April we’re headed out to spend some quiet, unplugged time with…
It’s Sunday, it’s 7pm and I am exhausted. Completely shattered – aren’t I supposed to feel awesome on Sunday evenings – you know, all relaxed and ready for the week ahead? At 7pm on Sundays growing up, I remember being seated in front of the TV, all clean and bathed with my pink fleece and…
After last week’s adventures with Flora in London at the Grain Store, I’ve been willing Spring to come around faster so that I can get our seeds started ready for growing again. Each year we try and grow more and more of our own vegetables and fruit in the garden – and simultaneously protect them from the…
My love affair with Gin is nearly as long as my love affair with my husband, and began (and nearly ended) at my 18th birthday party in March 1994. Raised in the Midlands on a weekend TV cocktail of James Bond movies (Saturday nights) and Formula One racing (Sunday afternoons), when I reached the grand old age…