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I’m in my home a lot. I work from home; I like to practice yoga in my home; I love to stay in and cook a time-intensive meal. That’s why it’s so important that I love the spaces within…
Cinnamon French Toast Muffins are a hybrid (I almost typed hybread- which would have been appropriate!) of french toast, bread puddings and muffins. They’re an alternate way to get your…
Throughout May the Do What You Love team has enjoyed listening to the most fascinating talks by leading experts in health, wellness, spirituality, and relationships at The Hay House World…
We are forever rushing around like headless chickens trying to achieve, achieve, do more, more, and then more again. We are busy; we want to be productive. We want to do it all but we fail…
Historically, a ritual is all about being present in the moment, giving gratitude to what is happening to you at this time, connecting with yourself and your feelings. A ritual can be a…
Our idealized versions of both childhood and motherhood have a new enemy: screen time. Parents are warned that screen time is making kids fat, damaging family relationships and may even…
Growing up in the 1980s as a tediously well-behaved and highly conformist child, I loved Erma Bombeck’s books. I often used my allowance to increase my mother’s modest collection of her…
Illustration by Marta Parszeniew. A few years ago, I found wellness. My body felt like a burden, and the food I ate didn’t seem to energise me or push me on: it dulled my edges, left me…
Not long after my mother died in 2014, less than eight months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, my dad and I performed a ritual familiar to anyone who has lost someone they…
We’ve all been there. You snag a sliver of free time, and two seconds later you’re sucked into your smartphone. Adele covers, throwback fashion shows, listicles: you name it and it’s…

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Happy Birthday Mark.

Goodness we look like twins here don’t we? Scary. Contrary to the rumours you have be en spreading, today you will be thirty three and not thirty two: a fact Mister, I’m afraid you are just going to have to live with… But matter not. You are still my lobster. Other Things To Do At BrocanteHome…

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Sunday Siesta

We would not be British if we didn’t complain about the weather. We may be a country in waiting for a Royal baby now overdue, but it remains our duty to revolve every conversation we have about the terrible torment that is the sun, rain, hail or fog. Today, dear England is slow and hot…

Amazon Shorts.

So tell me, am I the only person in the world not to know about Amazon Shorts? Does nobody tell me anything? Listen there are things I need to know. A world of things I am ignorant about. And quite frankly it is your job to keep me in the know, because if not you,…

Union Jack

The Union Jack has become ubiquitous in vintage decorating of late, but only Rachel Ashwell could string it across the wall with such glorious worn out chic. Oh I do love her so. I wish she’d come and volunteer her services as my personal decorator. Lord know’s I could use her help at the moment……

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