Solo travel can be tricky for various reasons. One would be mealtimes. Specifically the evening meal. I’ve never felt able to eat…
Solo Travel: Sintra, Portugal
I walked.I walked from Sintra train station to Pena Palace.Google maps said 29 minutes. Google maps failed to consider the fact…
Solo Travel: Lisbon, Portugal
I wasn’t even sure I’d make it to Lisbon.It was only after I’d got through security at Heathrow that I…
Book of the Week: The School of Life – An Emotional Education
“In our ambitious age, it is common to begin with dreams of being able to pull off an unblemished life,…
A Colourful Life: The Desire to Create
“There is a juiciness to creativity, a succulence that comes up from within, a sensuality which both produces and is…
Honest Motherhood: Sleeping Through School Pick-Up
Well there’s a first for everything isn’t there. This week something happened that has never happened before. Something bad.This week,…
Book of the Week: More Than a Woman
“And besides, when you lose skin elasticity, you also lose the amount of fucks you give. Perhaps that’s why the…
A Colourful Life: The Hub of Make-Believe and Creativity
I will be 30 this year and I’m still blu-tacking postcards to the wall above my desk. (And photos and…
Book of the Week: How to Fail – Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong
“Life crises have a way of doing that: they strip you of your old certainties and throw you into chaos.…
Honest Motherhood: A Handful of Exciting Happenings
Well here we are, January 2023. Here in all it’s grey and rainy glory. The holidays went far too quickly…
The Colourful Kind 