What a year it’s been. I’m celebrating International Women’s Day by being recognised in Grow Exeter Magazine as one of Exeter’s 100 most influential women. I spent the day with my son on a school trip and later cuddling my daughter when she bumped her head. Now that they are asleep I’m working on projects […]
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My Sunday Photo
I’m on my way back to Exeter after a trip to Salisbury with my girls. This bunch are my ladies from my home town, we met (with a few others) as like minded Mums with small businesses through Twitter meet ups around six years ago. Over the years we have supported each other through pregnancies, […]
My Sunday Photo
A kettle on a BBQ, on a beach, in Devon. Not just any old kettle, it’s a kettle belonging to a very good friend of mine, a friend who I haven’t known for very long, but I feel like I’ve known her for years. You know when you just click with someone? My friend is […]
Why I run
Things have been difficult over the past couple of years If you’ve been following my blogs and social media you will know that there have been lots and lots of positives but, with yin there is yang and to balance the good stuff we’ve experienced plenty of trauma and sadness on many levels (which are […]
Happy International Women’s Day 2017!
To all the phenomenal women around the world, Angelou has always been an inspiration to me and this is my favourite of her poems. ‘Phenomenal Woman’ by Maya Angelou Pretty women wonder where my secret lies I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them They […]
50 years of Pet Sounds and Brian Wilson on tour
Monday 16th May 2016 was the 50th Anniversary of Pet Sounds, an album most people aged 35 upwards have in their music library. It has touched the lives of generations, it is critically rated by many of the great musicians and is often cited as being one of the best albums of all time (it’s actually Rolling […]
Podcast with Francis Rossi
A month or so ago I had the pleasure of bumping into Mr Francis Rossi of Status Quo and he was kind enough to help us promote Purley Festival by giving me an interview. I transcribed part of the interview for the Croydon Advertiser. You can listen to the podcast here.
10 reasons why you should kill your television
A month ago we took a leap into the unknown (at least since our 20s). We decided to get rid of our Virgin box and relinquish ourselves from the millstone around our neck commonly know as ‘The Television’. Since its invention in the 1950’s, the television has become a staple in our daily lives, used […]
Down and out in Soho – My funny Valentine
We don’t usually celebrate Valentine’s Day but this year we decided to push the boat out and head up town, inevitably we ended up on a massive pub crawl but we found some real gems that I thought I should share. The first is The Angel in St Giles High St, spitting distance from Denmark […]
Interview with Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading, MBE and more importantly – according to her – (BA Hons) has won the coveted Ivor Novello Award, been nominated three times for a Grammy and twice for a Brit, written over 20 albums, has a plethora of gold, platinum and silver discs, been honoured by the Queen, sung for Nelson Mandela and […]