The 11 step guide to being a good guest. The Guardian.
Being a good guest starts before you arrive. Reply to any invitation as promptly as you can. (If you can’t accept, say so early.) The answer to…
Game of Drones. Do Not Disturb magazine
Seven years ago, I became obsessed with keeping bees. It was a powerful calling that came out of nowhere, the like of which people might get…
Top 10 personalised Christmas presents 2014. The Guardian.
Sticker book, from £5.15moo.com The possibilities for creative personalisation at Moo are vast and varied. From mini cards (the BEST business cards) to posh postcards,…
The Great British Bake Off Final 2013. The Week.
REMEMBER a time when people baked just for something nice to eat with a cup of tea, not to photograph it? A time when there weren’t…
“Our house is a mess and tidying up seems beyond us.” The Guardian
Dear Annalisa My problem might seem pretty trivial but it is a huge issue in my life – it’s mess. I have always been messy, and…
The Dune House. Published in National Geographic Traveller.
Being a family keen on the modernist style, it seemed fitting to introduce our children to holidaying in appropriate style. Dune House, right on the beach…
The taste of al fresco. Does food taste better outdoors? Intelligent Life.
The dream and the reality are never so divorced as when dining al fresco. As soon as someone says “let’s eat outdoors”, the spirits lift. The…
Windows of the mind. The Guardian
I’d always wanted a loft, perhaps fuelled by watching at an impressionable age films in which they featured. Ten years ago, I got one. The only…
Papa was an ice cream maker. Intelligent Life.
It wasn’t my first taste of ice cream, but it was the first ice cream I remember. My mother made it, and she set the bar…
Let us eat cake. Published in The Independent.
Some people go their whole existence without discovering the meaning of life. Me, I found the answer one freezing February morning, while taking a stroll around…
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