I’ve been reading Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari lately, and it’s got me in a spin. Before I studied nutrition, I did a bachelor’s degree in anthropology. I loved it and use lots of the concepts to exp...
I’m writing this from a sofa in London; feet up, Ellen on TV, about to go exploring, then shop, then drinks and dinner. It’s pretty far from ordinary life — there’s zero routine — and it’s seriously r...
I’m sitting in the car writing this in between appointments, looking at my to-do list and wondering how the hell I’m going to get it done.
I’m on the British Airways flight tonight for my cousin’s wed...
Who knew the bunnies would help the kids eat healthier? Despite their names (Sugar Bubble and Oreo Pop …. yes, really) the kids have found it fascinating to research and experiment what the bunnies ca...
Remember how last week I mentioned that this summer will go down in history as the Summer of Slime?
Well, oh my God, did I speak too soon. Let’s replace “slime” with “glitter” and we have a more accur...
The summer of 2018 will always be remembered in our house as the Summer of Slime. The eight weeks during which my kids became obsessed with making, playing with and generally wallowing in huge quantit...
Week two of Natural Kids and this time we’ve got CrossFit Kids going on in the background. Derek Hurdle is putting 25 children through their paces with Moby playing along. There are cues in the song f...
I’m in the trenches at Natural Kids camp and it’s playtime. There are children making bracelets, racing cars, building towers, drawing pictures and some of them are running a café.
They are hilarious...
Last week, I caved in and bought bunnies for the girls. They’d been doing camp at Wild Island Farm and had got increasingly attached to every living thing.
I caught Belle trying to bring home a chick ...
A few weeks into summer and life has slowed down for the better. Traffic is lighter, work is clearer, the evenings are a lot less manic. Bath time, stories and bed are just way easier, so if I could j...
