We spend a lot of time thinking about the best place to raise our children. For the last nine years we have lived in Ely, a small market town. Technically, it’s a city because it has a cathedral, but this is in name only. In reality, it’s a provincial market town: safe, quiet and predictable – all ...
Our Sitting Room
We're lucky enough to have two matching reception rooms - we use one as a play room with all the toys, and this one is a slightly more grown-up room where I like to relax away from the Lego. It's not the sunniest room, and like all Edwardian and Victorian terraced houses it can feel a little dark ...
A painting a week
This post is the start of a new weekly series. Just recently I've felt the urge to start painting again. I always loved drawing and painting as a child, and studied art to GCSE level. After that though, in the whirlwind of A-levels, university and life that followed, I hardly ever picked up a ...
Word of the Week: Purple
My word of the week is... It could just as easily have been mess or clutter. Thanks to two small children, there are areas of our house which haven't been cleaned properly since we moved in four years ago - hello, jam-packed kitchen cupboards and the heap of filing that's fallen behind the ...
My Week
Last weekend, James was away. After a long week, we needed a bit of company, so we headed over to Castle Acre with my parents for the day. We started with a look around the ruined priory, followed by a pub lunch in the village. The boys had a lovely time racing round the castle after lunch - lots of ...