Totes awks
From looking like an ageing matriarch to the complete opposite extreme… Some of my friends and I had made plans to go out this weekend, but agreed nearer the time […]
Tag Archives: beauty
Advent with me: the dying year
I found a pretty necklace in a shop this weekend. I know advent isn’t about consumerism, but you should know, I bought it. It’s a pendant based on the skeleton […]
Feminist Friday (and an absence of beards)
‘Few consumers are very thin; even fewer are very young. As for the drawn, deathly faces of the children – well, fashion likes death too, because it makes us feel […]
Feminist Friday and the week in beards
The week began with Jodie Marsh trending on Twitter. She was starring in a Channel 5 documentary on the impact of bullying. It became clear through the course of the […]
Turning your back on beauty
I spent this weekend with the lovely FF mooching around the streets, markets and coffee shops of Brixton and Shoreditch. On Saturday evening we went for a wander around the […]
Clear skies at Lake Tekapo
I am waiting for South Island to show me something unlovely. It feels like every part of the countryside here is at least pretty, and at most is breathtakingly beautiful. […]
On pride, falls and destruction
Last week I was at the wedding of one of my longest standing and greatest friends. More on this in another post. At this wedding I knew I was going […]
The filter
Maybe it’s just me and I’m awful and mean, but I have a habit of describing people by the bad things about them, rather than the good. ‘You know who […]
The anti-dating profile
Online dating, like all dating, is all about how you sell yourself, although I suspect it’s a little more contrived. A written description doesn’t really do anyone justice. I’ve written […]
Raise your hearts
On Tuesday evening, CC invited me to join her for the inaugural mass at the newly renovated St Patricks, Soho Square. It’s a truly beautiful space, and with the long […]
