This book is really beautifully bound if you get the hard cover edition. It's soft blue, with embossed gold flowers on the cover, and a swathed Victorian lady pictured in the centre. Perhaps it's slightly beside the point, but I do love a the pleasure of reading a beautifully bound volume. Kate Summerscale once again …
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I love buying cute collars for Grimoire, and fell in love with a purple one with star print on it that I saw on Etsy. That seller was Kitty Direct, and she's now my favourite collar maker. Grim has had his collar for 4 months, and it's still looking like new! It's so soft and …
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A classic spy novel, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is le Carre's third novel and one that helped cement his name as one of the finest espionage novelists. This novel is the story of Alex Leamus. It's the 60's and he's been working in Germany, spying for Britain against the Communists on …
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Sometimes I feel like as a blonde, I might end up looking like Barbie if I wear pink. And yet, it's a happy, friendly colour that I've started to like more and more over the last few years and at the end of the day, what someone else thinks about me is the last thing …
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When Lane Roanoke was 15 her mother killed herself, and she was taken to Kansas to live with her grandparents at their large country home. There she also met her cousin Allegra who told her that all Roanoke girls either run away or die. The home is beautiful, her grandfather is handsome and kind and …
On a workplace team building exercise, five women head into the bush in Australia. At the end of the trip, only four emerge. As the women start to tell their story, it's clear that someone is lying. What really happened on that trip? Did someone find out that the missing woman was also an informant …
I feel like I keep saying this, but Summer is here! I love Summer and the heat wave in London is making me so happy. I'm obsessed with two things at the moment, this T shirt from Betty and Veronica (they're currently having a 40% off sale, which ends soon) and a red lip colour …
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It's finally Summer in London, and I thought the sunshine would never come! In order to celebrate, I'm doing a worldwide giveaway, with a bundle of beauty treats for one lucky winner, and as a bonus, a cute phone tripod and bluetooth remote. Perfect for Summer selfies at the beach, on holiday or at a …
Our suburb in London is really village-y, which I love. We're so close to the city centre, and yet it feels like we're one step from the country sometimes. It's the best of both worlds. We hit a local fete over the weekend, and bought a slice of homemade cake and took a look at …
Lis London is starting a new life. Leaving behind a school where she's been bullied and unhappy, she's moving from Wales to Yorkshire to live with her sister. She's bought all new clothes, her sisters home is beautiful, and she soon finds herself taken under the wing of the most popular girl at school, Laura. …
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