Last month I stayed at Thicket Priory, a former nunnery in North Yorkshire that’s been fully restored and opened as one of the UK’s finest private houses available to rent for weddings and special events… As if on cue, there’s a break in the clouds as we turn off the main road and up a […]
Travel: Royal Lancaster London Hotel Review – High Style In Hyde Park
To celebrate its 50-year anniversary in 2017, the Royal Lancaster London underwent a multimillion-pound refurbishment and emerged – several years later – sporting a head-to-toe makeover, a complete rebrand and a new name. Which is exactly how I plan to spend my next big birthday. Turn the clock back half a century and the hotel […]
20 Family Events In London This Easter (That Aren’t Booked Up Yet!)
Planning a last-minute trip to London with kids this Easter? There’s still time to book on to (or just turn up at) loads of family-friendly events happening in the capital over the Easter holidays. I wrote a top ten for Time Out’s Easter magazine but it seemed a shame not to do anything with all […]
LIFE: 15 Places In London Where You Can Work With Kids In Tow
Looking for coworking offices, cafés and all-purpose spaces in London where you can bring the laptop, get a decent coffee and get some work done with the children in tow during the school holidays? Me too! I freelance from home, so I’ve been on the hunt for places to take the kids and squeeze in […]
Travel: Rockliffe Hall – a luxury spa hotel kids will love almost as much as grown-ups
Rockliffe Hall is a five-star Pride of Britain hotel in Darlington, on the northern reaches of North Yorkshire or the southern edge of County Durham, depending on where you’re standing. We tagged a one-night stay to the end of a short break at Center Parcs Whinfell Forest, which is about an hour’s drive away in […]
Family: 31 February half-term activities in London (and the rest of the UK)
I feel like a one-woman listings magazine at the moment. I’ve spent the past few weeks working on content about February half-term 2019, from things to do with kids in London, to the best places to take the family to in the UK. It’s fair to say there are some very cool things going on […]
Travel: Bedford’s D’Parys pub and restaurant has a brand new look
I’ve been for a meal at D’Parys in Bedford a couple of times over the last few years – ever since it opened, it’s been one of those places that ticks all the boxes for a ‘nice’ night out in Bedford without breaking the bank. It’s far enough off the High Street to be away […]
Travel: 8 reasons to visit Lavenham for a daytrip
We visited Lavenham with the kids one sunny Sunday afternoon back in September, which seems like years ago now. As far as destinations go, this pretty Suffolk town is as chilled out as they come – but never more so than a Sunday afternoon. You can stroll through streets lined with timber-framed buildings, savour a […]
LIFE: Uncool Box (Yes, That’s A Poem About A Cool Box)
Maybe it was the grey, you know The grey that made me buy you so Adrift among a sea of blues A raft of overbearing hues Your slate-grey top, those golden crescents Slowly drew me to your presence Your rigid shape defied finesse A beacon of middle-agedness I swept you up, I looked both ways […]
LIFE: Two Battered Shoes – a poem for the end of term
Two battered shoes sit in the hall Bereft after a year at school The right one sighs, the left one slumps Comparing scuffs and scrapes and bumps A year of battles, playground pacts A year of daydreams, whispered chats A year of friends, a year of foes A year squeezed round ten growing toes A […]
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