From rat racer to positive parent

  I found this recipe of mine in a folder. I used to write about food for a website and I created this dish to enter a competition (never he...

Sushi lunch for garden birthday - Friday My daughter, now 13 and I made this sushi with very few ingredients since her favourite sushi re...

Inspired by a troll who typed that  charity   shop  dresses make you look shabby and down-and-out, here are a few photos of items I boug...

Michela, 11 Michela, 12 Now my daughter is 12 and is finishing her first year at secondary school, I am suddenly feeling 'fre...

It took me years to fight the fear of public speaking and this is the ultimate test: giving a presentation without having seen the slides....

Order  here : paperback, £18.99; ebook, £3.95 I don't do a lot of product testing any more (I have to earn a living after all...

I have a warm relationship with Sugru's PR. I get their products to test now and then. I have been very busy with work lately, but ...

I have not posted in a long while. Here I am, trying my hand at punting (I resisted long enough to get a pic then got worried about my b...

I saw a wonderful cake on a French website and decided I had to make it. The original cake, a Frasier, it's a strawberry cake made of sp...

Mural at Michela's school As soon as the school finished, the uniform offers arrived. Some shops cunningly discounted their old st...