Eyewear has always been a necessity for me, getting me from A to B in safety. I'm short-sighted and since the age of 4 it's all I've ever known, from my first pair of pink national health glasses; to my saucer like 'Deirdre Barlows' (see below); to my John Lennon r...

I blimin' well love being surrounded by women. Older women who share life lessons; younger women full of spark and determination; women who make me scream with laughter; women who show kindness; who show true friendship and women who don't give a flying fig. Here's...

London Town came calling today, as I hooked up with my lovely blogger pal MyFashionable40s for talk/tea/tapas......repeat.  We started our day in Notting Hill, at Pedlars, my fav general store (photo creds: Pedlars). Fact: I could live in this shop....

How often do you pick up a book or a magazine and think about the journey it's been through to get onto the shelves or into your hands? 

Yesterday was World Book Day and I was thrilled to be invited to speak to a group of school children about the process of writing...

It's all go in London town as the fash pack descend for London Fashion Week. I'm having my own lil' fashion week, sorting out piles and piles of school half-term washing, but able to keep my beady eye on proceedings all thanks to live streaming, periscope etc - thi...

Orange is a colour I adore, it packs a punch and works brilliantly with denim blues, metallics and earthy tones. Weird then to think that it somehow filtered into my fashion psyche, most probably as a result of me being rescued by the orange patrol van of the good...

Huzzah! The sun is shining and a rise in the mercury level finds me (momentarily) removing a few layers. All this on-off-on-off activity tells me we are trans-seasoning, ladies and gents, for it's time to start making those wardrobe adjustments. This week I'll be p...