The Politics of Housework

Never let it be said that I am not the most dramatic person you know. If I can turn a calamity into a catastrophe I will do it with glee. It is quite frankly, an abhorrent trait. Serve it up with nails bitten to the quick and you’ve got a sure fire route to social…

The first in a series of letters to the editor, from my growing collection of womens vintage magazines. While the letters themselves are often daft and always (accidentally?) funny, the answers from the editors themselves range from mildly patronising to downright rude… Career Minded. "When I was six years old I wanted to be a…

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~What if, this year you decided to Christmas a bit different to how you did it last year or the year before that, or even ten years before that? What if this year you decided to create the Christmas of your dreams and said stuff that for a game of soldiers to all the usual…

Next time Clare from Vintage Home goes shopping I want to go in her pocket please. She always manages to find the quirkiest, most lovely of lovelies, (in just the right colour palette) and every time I receive one of her happy little mailshots, I almost feel the urge to step inside my laptop and…