Nick Knight’s Isolation Day 57

As we near the end of the first Lockdown (my science-y friends assure me there is likely to be at least one more, especially if you are London dwelling), what have we learnt from being… Read More

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We have a lovely guest post today from one of our long time readers, Lizzie Dean, who lives in New Zealand.

Covid-19 is robbing us of friends and family, many are going way before they might have expected to and… Read More

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“My work ethic is ridiculous. I start work as soon as I get up and I finish work either when I’m about to drop or when I’m going out for dinner. Creative people don’t retire”

Sadly I still haven’t been… Read More

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For all you wannabe ballerinas out there, the Royal Academy of Dance has an on line programme of home ballet classes designed for Silver Swans, which is its way of describing budding ballerinas who may be more silver than swan.… Read More

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Maggie O’Farrell has written a new book! It’s as if she knew we were going to be cooped up and would need something to read. She and Hilary Mantel should be given some sort of medal in these troubled times.… Read More

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image via Dig Delve

Good grief! As Charlie Brown might have said, we go off air for an extended sabbatical and when we come back, all hell has broken loose.

It’s good to be back, sort of, although I wish… Read More

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The Women’s Room launched in a crazy week in 2008 when we entered a period of uncertaintity, considered by many economists to have been the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression. But enough of the good old days!… Read More

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It’s been a good year for Amanda and I, as we have taken our respective projects away from The Women Room to the next level.
Amanda has worked hard to make We Wear Perfume a respected source of inspiration and… Read More

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We are aware that TWR is often a bit London centric, since that’s where Jane and I spend most of our time, so it’s exciting to be able to talk about something happening in the beautiful town of York. It’s… Read More

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My household loves a hottie. A snuggly hot water bottle, tucked between cold bedsheets in our draughty Victorian house is an old-school treat and much loved by my digital-native sons. We’d never really thought that there was anything lacking in… Read More

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