A lifestyle blog
. I am off to Jordan today, for four days, accompanying WorldVisionUK as they look to mark five years since the conflict in Syria caused the largest migration of people since the second world war. As part of the charity’s #BarefootCoatless campaign we will be visiting refugee camps and also meeting refugees living with host families in the community. More than that I don’t really know if I am
“You all packed?” “Hell no, I have to go to the tip yet, take down the Christmas lights, phone the dishwasher repair man, take two chinchillas to the vet, clean out the fridge, get my car cleaned, do a food shop, Hoover the spare bedroom, write 16 over due reviews, drop something off to my granny, book the kennels for the dog in the summer and tidy away a pile
. I first saw #FirstWorldProblems pop up on Twitter. Tagged on the end of a tweet that was generally either being ironic, or taking the mickey out of somebody who was moaning about something that to them was huge but to readers was, well, a first world problem and, therefore, insignificant. The idea being, do you really need to tweet saying how unfair it is that your favourite coffee shop has
Last night I collapsed in front of the TV and found myself watching Derren Brown front his latest social experiment in the name of entertainment on Channel 4. Could he persuade somebody to push another human being off a roof. The premise being you can manipulate, or coerce somebody into doing pretty much anything. Known as social compliance the theory is that given the right set of
. There is a sign near Farnborough station which has always intrigued me this sign says Chapelle Impériale And I’ve always wondered about it so yesterday I found their website and we trotted along. The Imperial Chapel was built to house the body of Napoleon the third Emperor of France. Yeah you read that right: Napoleon III, Emperor of France is …..I would say ‘buried’ but he’s not buried
The British Motor Museum re-opens to the public on Saturday 13 February following a £1.1m refurbishment. Formerly known as the Heritage Motor Centre, the new Museum will be visually more exciting with an immersive display of British motoring history, designed to appeal to both current fans as well as new audiences. Also opening on the 13 February is the new Collections Centre, allowing public access for the first time to
Or maybe you didn’t exactly decide but it was decided for you. I made this mumbling agreement to allowing Ellie to have a chinchilla if she did well in her GCSEs. I agreed not because I didn’t think she would do well, I knew she would, but because when I agreed I thought she would change her mind by the time the results came out. How wrong I was.
Romance your loved one in the beautiful and romantic setting of Shakespeare’s England over the Valentine’s weekend. Book into a luxury country house hotel, enjoy champagne teas and wine-tasting sessions, listen to sonnets and love scenes from Romeo & Juliet, wander around snowdrop gardens, make your own unique perfume or cologne, stroll along picturesque streets or simply relax over a romantic candle-lit dinner. See a performance by Emma Johnson and
. I don’t do New Year’s Eve. Not normally. I like to pretend it is just another day. That the telly programmes on tonight are not special and that we can go to bed at 10pm, just like normal. But then we got invited out to a friend’s house tonight and Mr B said we should go. So we are. Though I may still need a post
. I did a navel gazing reflection of 2015 the other day, I know. One that was very much about how I was looking back over the year by looking forward to next year. Looking forward to what it might bring and hoping that some of the challenges we have faced in 2015 might stay in the past. Then I saw thing on instagram and was emailed a
Kidzania is one of those things that I wished was around 10 years ago so that when the invite to come along and try it out landed in my inbox my three would have been the right age. Sadly though it only opened last year and as it is aimed at 4 – 14 year olds we are all well and truly out of the target market. Step forward
. This time of year I always find myself looking back on the past fifty one weeks. Wondering what has changed, what has changed, what should have changed and realising that as I grow older nothing does really need to change. Change is good I get that, but sometimes not changing, and just maybe tweaking things slightly is what makes me happiest. The start of the year is always
