WEEK 9 OF LONDON LOCKDOWN…or is it Week 10?. Bit late with my post again this week as the days, weeks, months all start merging into one big BORING bubble. Another week and another bit of baking and too much […]
Week 6 of London Lockdown, or Day 38 to be precise. Here in the UK we still haven’t been told about our exit strategy, mainly because Boris Johnson not only nearly died, but has just added to his every growing […]
I was invited on the inaugural tour on London’s first 100% electric bus yesterday which was launched by Shirley Rodrigues, London’s Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy. The Original Tour unveiled London’s first ever 100% electric hop-on hop-off open top […]
So after 30 hours of travelling my daughter has finally arrived in Bali, where there is imminent danger of a volcanic eruption and she sends a text saying “terrible news from London”….”OMG” I thought to myself, “what’s happened now”…as I […]
It’s looking like I’m not going to get a holiday with my children this summer, so instead I thought I’d compile a list of things to do in London with teenagers this summer as we will hopefully get the odd […]
Time for my May Family Affairs update and a brief consideration of all the other big scary matters we have been dealing with this month. We have had three terrorist attacks in the UK in the last month which has […]
It is not only the justice system that needs to be totally revised when it comes to divorce, but the whole issue of raising children. I would love to see the unpaid “caring” work that women (or men) do, both […]
As I get older, I have learnt that buying experiences as Christmas presents works really well. It means you have to commit to seeing each other and it also means you get to join in. One of my Christmas presents […]
What a shame that London Wine Week clashes with London Whine Week in my house – the biggest week of our year in terms of important exams – my youngest has one if not two exams every day this week […]
Loving London this weekend in all the sunshine and WELL DONE to Sadiq Khan for becoming the new mayor of London. How exciting and we are all hopeful that he will do a good job. He fought a dignified battle […]
Woke up to a very spooky, foggy London, which merely highlighted the spookiness of the Halloween night before. Everything seemed muffled and peaceful everywhere. Spiders webs galore, all glistening in the early morning dew. So beautiful and SO MUCH MORE […]
I spent a very enjoyable afternoon having tea at the Landmark Hotel in London, adjacent to Marylebone station the other day. The Landmark London is one of the capital’s leading five star luxury hotels. Originally opened as The Great Central […]
