Feeling challenged
‘Naff’, ‘cringe’, ‘patronising’, ‘uniting’, ‘beautiful’, ‘positive’ – these are a few words pinging about The Internet about the…
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It was Bromley Bella Pasta circa 1997 and I was waiting for my cousin. She never turned up,…
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“Don’t cave into any demands for minions T-shirts – it’s £79 smock dresses all the way” – that…
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… Kelly Seymour, founder of Cult of Youth She’s a Mama to Elvis (great name right there) and…
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Warning: I am a big Christmas lover, and this is a blog about Christmas. If you are not…
more ›Nomads land
We’ve been homeless for the last few weeks. That’s a dramatic over-exaggeration for comedic/ attention-seeking effect. The fact…
more ›Matchy matchy
There’s something a bit Von Trapp about dressing exactly the same as your toddler. Unless, of course you’re…
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… Sam Flowers (@samflowers199), beauty editor at Stylist Magazine and mother of Leo 00:01 Day or night? Day…
more ›Mum’s the word
She’s the co-founder (run with her husband Tom) of aptly-named hat company Shappos and mother to Lilijana, Magnus…
more ›Angry bird
I love Christmas. Cheesy pop music, melodic carols, twinkling lights, the laughter of children, the magical whimsy of…
more ›Room service
“Sometimes it’s OK to just shut the door on the crying for five minutes and make yourself a…
more ›We are family
“In a partnership you can’t both be down at the same time” – those are wise words and…
more ›Star schmucks
That’s a slightly unfair headline for this ode to coffee. For all their tax-related faults, I don’t think…
more ›Fight club
I have just returned to Grey London from my second maternity leave. Before I waddled off into the…
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Oxford Street. Christmas. Toddler. A traumatic combination. In my mind, tackling London’s retail epi-centre during the festive season…
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Childbirth is incredible. No, that doesn’t do it justice, let me try again. Childbirth is emotional, jaw dropping,…
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So today we were interviewed in The Evening Standard about making parenting into a profitable career. We’re a…
more ›Insta-sham?
“Chicken periods scrambled with pig flesh” – that’s how 18-year-old Essena O’Neill (the model who renounced social media…
more ›Happy hour
When the smoking ban came into effect, there was a lot of blather about pubs smelling like feet….
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The scene: 6.43pm last Friday night outside Pizza Express. I’d arranged to meet my husband and the urchin…
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She’s a yoga lover, vlogger, blogger and works full time as a branding planning manager at Google. Emma…
more ›Totally screwed
There’s a website called Pregnantthenscrewed.com. Yep, that’s Pregnant. Then. Screwed. Set up by the brilliant Joeli Brearley –…
more ›Daddy (un)cool
Our Dad columnist Olly Lemon is all about the winning I’m not a competitive dad. I just want…
more ›Créche out
A beauty salon? With a fully-supervised créche? I kid you not. Finally somewhere that gets it. BLO Bar…
more ›Story time
“I’d love to write a children’s book” – how many of us have said that? In my mind…
more ›Twinning is winning
While I’ve written for fashion magazines, I’m not in fashion; I wear clothes and like a shoe that…
more ›Splash down
Knocked up? Worried that ante-natal classes are going to have you humming Kumbya as you openly talk about…
more ›Angry bird
Our fave ranty raver and mother-of-two Michelle Harris ‘dislikes’ what the mighty Zuckerberg is up to Facebook Billionaire…
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