by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Oct 22, 2017 | Fashion, Health
Until this week I had relatively little in common with the Duchess of Cambridge. Yes, we both come from a long line of coal miners and sure, we’d both bought pieces from Hobbs’ Dalmatian print range back in 2013, but that’s pretty much where the similarities end....
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Oct 15, 2017 | Health, Uncategorized
It’s 3.12am and I am awake. A cat is on my head, kneading away at my scalp. Her purring might as well be a pneumatic drill operating three feet away. Further down the bed, my dog is nestled in the crook of my knee. I am tense. Not just because I am not enjoying this...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Sep 3, 2017 | Food, Health
It is July 1981. A breezy, chill morning in a bleak field somewhere unpronounceable in Wales. A group of exhausted Girl Guides is sitting on home-made foil-and-plastic mats staring at the pot on the fire at the centre of the circle. Their guide leader, a stout woman...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Aug 6, 2017 | Health, Sport
There have been many anniversaries of note in 2017: 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele 75th anniversary of Desert Island Discs 50 anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act 40th anniversary of the death of Elvis...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Jul 2, 2017 | Health
It’s official. I am an over achiever. Hard to believe if you were to look at my modest collection of qualifications and my even more modest income, but it’s true. At least, according to my Fitbit. But frankly, I’ll take validation wherever it comes from. Yesterday I...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Apr 30, 2017 | Fashion, Health, Tips
My face has been through a lot. In my teens I got friendly with sunbeds and hung out with them whenever I could. Back then Ultra Violet in my book was the shade of eye shadow that sat next to Electric Blue in the palette. I couldn’t get enough. In my twenties I took a...
