I’m attending a friend’s hen do somewhere suitably off-grid in Somerset – a large house that accommodates all 16 of us, with a garden full of pear trees (and an accompanying swarm of wasps for whom this glut is irresistible). …
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There’s a line in a wonderful piece that Caitlin Moran wrote called ‘posthumous advice to my daughter’ that I often think of if I’m anxious about being in an environment with people I don’t know very well. She says: “Whenever…
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August is flying by in a flurry of birthday celebrations, weddings and festival prepping (all of which naturally require new outfits). I also have my eye on the beachwear in the shops as I want to stock up on a…
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I remember a few years ago proudly proclaiming that I couldn’t remember ever being bored. I had a diary that so rarely had a free evening in it that I wouldn’t know what to do with myself when one came…
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If I ever go through a period when I’m feeling stressed, anxious or unsettled, then the first thing to suffer is my sleep. Coupled with the fact that my bedroom is currently averaging around 27 degrees at night (yes, I…
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