Honest stories about motherhood, parenting, family life and raising children while juggling the realities of midlife.
Products, health claims, trends and ideas. I try them, look at the evidence and work out what’s useful, what isn’t and what probably wasn’t worth the bother.
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Former newspaper journalist, PR professional, mum and the woman asking rather too many questions around here.
At 50, I’m interested in what happens when we stop accepting everything we’re told and start looking a little more closely.
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Nine days at the Mitsis Royal Mare, with family beach days, moussaka, cats and a little midlife indulgence.
A log cabin, Loch Lubnaig, canoeing, cycling, Persian barbecue and an unreasonable number of wasps.
A family stay in Rhodes, looking beyond the glossy photographs to see what a hotel actually feels like with a child.
I’m interested in thoughtful family travel, hotels, destinations and experiences that give readers something worth talking about.
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We said no to Cyrus’s school ski trip. Not because we don’t value experiences, but because the price was the same as a family summer holiday for us. Between childhood memories, parent guilt, social media pressure and the realities of living within our means, I started asking what we really want our children to remember.
