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‘This place is beautiful but boring and lacks style,’ my friend Sam bemoaned. She’s recently left London to spend time with family during a sabbatical. ‘Sydney came 17th out of 18 cities for dynamism in Time Out’s City Index survey… Read more →

‘How’s work going?,’ Liz asked as we caught up over lunch at Farmacy.
‘It’s fine. I was given some really boring admin to do to prove I’m doing my job properly so I bribed a colleague to do it … Read more →

My text was the first thing Kate read when she woke up, ‘First of all I never got to tell you that you are so beautiful…’ In her early morning daze, she thought, how sweet that my friend is telling … Read more →

The Japanese are in decline. Literally. About 1.3 million Japanese died last year, but only a million were born. We’ve been hearing about this for a while yet the results of a recent survey of 18 to 34-year-olds by the … Read more →

I’m having a loser’s week. I’m not hitting targets at work, have spotted a few unsent messages on my Whatsapp and my love life is non-existent.
‘So sorry,’ I messaged Liz when I spotted one unsent message. ‘I’ve been a … Read more →

It’s funny how flexible time can be. I’ve previously blogged about how time slows during new and unique experiences as well as in times of stress. If you’ve ever been in a car crash (when the male driver has been … Read more →

Some say you shouldn’t buy art that you fall in love with immediately. If you do, you’ll tire of it easily. Good art is honest, challenging, enlightening. It makes you think. It makes you feel. ‘Art enables us to find … Read more →

There are the obvious red flags but sometimes the signs that he’s not worth dating might be subtle. Liz – intelligent, fun and a beautiful English rose – briefly dated a guy she met online. Who hasn’t, hey! Afterwards, Liz … Read more →

‘Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small – we haven’t time – and to see takes time… So I said to myself – I’ll paint what I see – what the flower is to me, but … Read more →

WLG is on holiday. Her friend Portobello Girl tells us about the cat-loving man-spinster.

PG had popped along to The Westbourne with her flatmate Natalia, and blonde ethereal Becca. As it is just at the end of her road, she … Read more →