At home

it's too soon and not soon enough

14 hrs ago •

In brief: a party, Twitter emigrés, some links and some admin

Nov 14 •

lamps, books, snobbery, yaks and a quick roundup of nice things

Nov 7 •

some bits and bobs (and kitchen cheats)

Oct 30 •

Friday odds and ends

Oct 25 •

A quick few links & likes

to pass the time before Rivals

Oct 18 •

Interiors wisdom, Jilly Cooper, the English and sex, a skin perfecter

bonking, mostly

Oct 16 •

62 wastes of money

all the things you don't need (and 33 that are worth the £)

Oct 10 •

Socks, new Substacks, a price rise (but not for you), Sally Rooney, resilience, spitting, and Ursula K. Le Guin being wise

Oct 7 •

Frazzled Englishwoman & intentional clutter

I love a bit of mess

Oct 2 •

my favourite new thing

Sep 30 •

Just looking? Start here

Free posts this way ↓

Sep 24 •

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts