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I do so wish that when it comes to Sweet Paul, I wasn’t always quite so gushingly embarrassingly gushing. But there you have it. Show me a man who can wrap a chair in a sweater and make it look covetable, while popping a home-made fig bruschetta in his mouth and dreaming up a Martha…

In last months Country Living, Alexandra Stoddard urged us to "Frame a picture of yourself, when you were young and adorable to remind you of your identity and promise…". And so here I am: arms around a little girl I don’t recognise, and eyes shying away from the camera. I love this little me. Other…

I have sinusitis. I feel like I’ve gone three rounds with an eniment Hollywood plastic surgeon without the joy of crow free eyes and my very own trout pout. It is making me cross and a teeny bit crazy. I sat in Tesco’s car park yesterday reading a poetry book and wondering whether I’d finally…

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Saturday is a pale blue day. I slip my feet into shoes that rub heart shaped blisters into my toes and decide that suffering for the sake of loveliness is very definitely worth it when there is a pair of twinkly flip flops involved. I walk into town (and beg you not to under-estimate the…