Welcome to the Reading Room

Not everything needs to be said in a Facebook post.

Some thoughts need a little more space. Some conversations deserve more than a few lines on a screen. And sometimes you just want to sit down with a cup of tea and actually think about something.

That’s what the Reading Room is for.

Here you’ll find longer reads, ideas, stories, observations and practical inspiration — covering beauty, colour, style, wellness, confidence and all the wonderfully complicated bits of being a woman in midlife.

Some pieces will come from me. Some will grow from conversations. Some may begin with a question left in the Post Box or something that’s happening in one of the rooms of the House.

And not everything here will have an answer.

Sometimes I’ll simply give you something to think about.

So pull up a chair. Make yourself comfortable.

Stay for five minutes or stay for half an hour.

The Reading Room is here whenever you fancy a little time for yourself.