Love me, love my pet
Could your beloved pet be costing you your love life? It could be time to exchange puppy love for true love. Read more
 
 

As a freelancer I get to regularly chat to accountants on the phone who tell me that my invoices are missing, I shouldn't expect to be paid this year because the Victory Day celebrations are still affecting banking procedures and I probably shouldn't be paid anyway for unspecified moral reasons. However, I still adore accountants because they do eventually pay up and to help them, here's a website that they'll love. Please pay me and I'll buy you one of these babies.

 

 

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June 08

Aruba

The Maldives

Other destinations visited recently: Isle of Man; Far North Queensland, Australia; Northern Portugal; Malta; San Francisco, U.S.A.; Scotland; Szechin, Poland 

Journeys planned 2008/9: Santorini; Pakistan; Canada; N.Z./Australia; Anguilla

 

If you’re an editor who would like a travel, food & drink or cultural piece on any of the destinations above, do email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  I am also available for short notice commissions to any destination (excluding war zones). Have British passport, was born in Lahore but managed to convince Polish customs that Lahore is in Hertfordshire so usually fine to travel anywhere. Even the Americans occasionally let me in.

 
upcoming articles

Read my articles in:

  • Natural Health & Beauty- May issue (tea article)
  • Soul & Spirit - regular column for this new Mind Body Spirit publication
  • The London Paper - Soon-ish (Portugal travel piece)
  • Asiana - regular column on issues affecting Asians
  • Metro - a couple of interviews with interesting bods coming up
  • Spirit & Destiny - main feature in August issue (won't spoil it for you but you'll love it - out 3rd July)
 

 

If it’s pre-1960s in style or to do with cooking or cleaning, my retro and vintage blog will find it, review it and make you nostalgic for it.

Prohibition fun

I've finally returned from an excessive amount of travel to discover that London's retro scene is really jumping again. A new vintage hairdressers in Bermondsey apparently (more on that once I get to investigate), Nina's Vintage and...
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Eat this

I'm a beauty product addict but a lot of the stuff I buy just sits there gathering dust because either it doesn't feel right on the skin or the smell isn't quite right or it simply doesn't work. That's why when something does...
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Woo-hoo - Summer's here!

Folklore has it that summer isn't here until the elderflowers are out but, on a day like this, cracking open the elderflower cordial is good enough for me. Cordial is so quintessentially English, I expect to be deported each time I drink it. My...
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The loveliest things in the world No.1

I once read somewhere (probably in a glossy magazine read by women whose greatest issue is whether the botox will leak downwards) that sleeping on silk pillows was a good way to keep wrinkles to a minimum. What a dull and stupid reason to sleep on...
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Roberts DAB radio

Why can’t everything in life be like a Roberts Revival DAB radio? It is the perfect example of what you get when you mix the best of today’s technology with classic iconic design from yesteryear. You can’t look at it and not swoon....
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Lyn's Dad's Tablet

One of the culinary defining moments of my life was when my mate Lyn brought back a container of her pa's tablet for us, after the Spring holidays in my first year at University. It made remember yet again why I have so much time for the Scots -...
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I wish I'd said...

"It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important." Doris Lessing
 

My Oscar Speech

Thank you: Ma and Pa for everything from birth onwards; Heathcliffe for designing this kick-ass site; Isy for being the best agent in the world; Anthony Butler for my main pic; Alex Bourdelon for casting her experienced eye over the site and also thank you to all the photographers who I have tried to credit where I knew their names. If your image is on here and I got it from a picture agency subscription, drop me a line and I’ll credit you and link back to your site.

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Technology Guru H, Papa Bear,
Buying and selling books
, Joel,
Isy (my literary agent)
, Stalkee,
Nina,
Claire, Howard, National Lottery, Donna, Sahar, Ade,
Andy
, News, Calvin and Hobbes , Vintage togs, Decluttering, Me star signs, The union, Lovely lady writers, Selling gear, Kary Mullis, Kate's save the boozer site, Gorgeous Adele's gorgeous friend Jont