At 6.30 pm this-evening, there will be a debate about David Cameron’s plan to turn off all social media sites during times of riot. Yes, this measure may prevent people conspiring and communic...
On Friday I concluded, definitively, that the perfect way to spend an English summer evening is in the park, with open air theatre, a basket full of food, and a blanket wrapped around you. I spent a...
I live in a world filled with bowls of pasta, cups of tea, and Aaron cardigans. I live a sheltered life in a town where very little happens. On Sunday night I stayed awake all night, until 5...
Copyright Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre Last night I spent a Summer’s evening amongst striped deckchairs and strawberries, at Grosvenor Park in Chester. I’d gone to see As You Like It....
A full two days since any post was delivered and I’m forced, by the very principle of it, to pace in front of the window like a Ringling Brothers Lion, waiting for the post to appear. While th...
One of the best things about Risotto is that you can experiment. Almost anything makes a good risotto, and part of the fun is trying new things. In an attempt to try something different, I carried ...
When the weather is beautiful, all I want to do is put on a dress and listen to music. Summer Playlist: 1. Two Door Cinema Club, Tourist History (Record) Cigarettes In The Theatre Come Back Home Do...
This Bangers, Mash and Mushrooms is one of the most delicious things I’ve ever tasted, and so simple and quick. In less than thirty minutes you can have an indulgent, comforting, but quite hea...
It started about three weeks ago, thanks to Pizza Hut and their ‘Free Unlimited Salad Bar’ with any main meal. I tried the breadsticks they have on the salad bar and they are beyo...
In St Mark's Square, Venice, wearing an outfit that I didn't even like back then, let alone now. Things that I regret: Not allowing moments to be special. My prom, leaving school, even bein...
To celebrate National Vegetarian Week, knowing how challenging it can be for vegetarians to find diverse and tasty food to cook at home, that’s ready in fifteen minutes, I’ve decided to ...
Dress: Dorothy Perkins, Cardiagan : Jack Wills, Sandals: New Look. Flowerpot Dress: Utam London at Dorothy Perkins, Cardigan: Jack Wills, Plimsolls: River Island.
These are the things making me smile this Spring… 1. London One thing I love, and it isn’t a new thing, but something I’ve been obsessed by for years, is when Londoners put ‘...
These first photographs, with the brown and cream cups, were taken last weekend. We went to a country house, somewhere in Cheshire, which I’m afraid I can’t remember the name of. The ho...
It has been brought to my attention, by three separate people, that my family and I are forever eating scones and drinking tea. Actually, it’s true. A combination of two months of wet spring ...
Feeling no sympathy whatsoever for the parents of Madeline McCann will not be a way of making myself very popular, but hearing Kate McCann talking this week about how she thinks someone tried to abdu...
Okay, it’s probably fair to say that it’s an obsession. I love seeing clean washing blowing in the wind, and wild flowers, and the sun in the garden, and the green of the grass. Over th...
I didn’t grow up in a household where poetry was ever read, discussed, or even acknowledged. When I eventually, at the age of twenty-three, told my mother that I wanted to be a writer, and do ...
Following on from yesterday’s post http://vikkilittlemore.wo rdpress.com/2011/04/07/well-wo rn-music/, I decided to accept my own challenge, and on the train journey home yesterday evening I hit ...
Do you ever sing really loudly, not caring whether anyone can hear you? Sometimes the only thing that will lift my mood is filling my flat with my favourite music, loud, and singing at the to...
One of the reasons I love living in the City, after living in the silent back-end of Suburbia for twenty-five years, is going out after breakfast and making the short walk to the florist to buy daffo...
One of the few things, and there aren’t many, that I’m too scared to say on Facebook or Twitter is that I feel lonely, and that’s because I’m worried people will think I’...
It seems, more and more, that the title of this blog should be changed to ‘Presents from My Sister’. Here, again, is another story of immense kindness, and another wonderful surprise. Th...
From cardigans and dresses to new bedding and the £1.99 Cath Kidston socks, SPRING HAS SPRUNG! Here are my essential favourites for the season…. Sailboat dress, Topshop. This week I fulfilled o...
Eating Choux Buns at midnight, I suddenly realised that my flat, after being here since September, is probably as tidy as it’s going to get. I like to think of it as Sex-Pistols-Meets-Ca...
I'd wear Chanel if I had the Money http://lookbook.nu/look/160812 7-I-d-wear-Chanel-if-I-had-the -money Trousers: Zara Cardigan: Zara Blouse: Dorothy Perkins Ballet Pumps: Topshop
1. GLEE. I have been waiting for the box set of Season 1 for ages, and finally found it in Asda for £20! (bargain!). I hated what with they did with Frank in the Rocky Horror episode, but I'm to...
What is it about certain songs that touch one so deeply? With some it’s the lyrics, others have such a beautiful melody, or even just the tenderness in the voice of the singer. For me, there ...
When I was about eight, my Primary School had the wonderful idea that every child would plant a young sapling around the edge of the playground and playing fields. It was beautiful. Each chi...
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