Life stuff

LBAR goes London-wide

It's amazing what happens when a bunch of like-minded people put their minds to something. In June 2020, it turned out that while Laura...

The season that kept on giving

With the number of things that need sorting in our society, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by how anything you do is going to make any...

Can't we all just move on? Well, no.

It’s a strange moment, the first time you realise your teacher doesn’t know as much about your history and culture as you do.

Pause and reflect. Repeat.

Taking a minute to myself this morning to sit with how proud I am of my loved ones. I’ve watched my kids cope with the destabilising...

The mother of all lockdowns

Black life always mattered. Welcome to the fight.

I’ve been quiet on my professional social media channels; raging, screaming, broken elsewhere. And I’m tired. I’m heartened by the people...

In search of post-Covid menschkeit

Can we keep it? This reinvigorated community vibe that you can see up and down the country and across the globe, I mean -

Sanity in the time of 'Rona

We’ve all seen the empty shelves where the bog roll, pasta, tinned goods and long life milk used to be. My kids came home on Fri with a...

Wedding planning on a budget

UPDATED with more tips in November 2022 It's wedding planning season! Wedding shows all over the shop, enquiries flying in from left,...

The best Christmas cake in the WORLD*

My mum can't bake. She really won’t mind me saying so, either. She can deliver a baby, grow healthy fruit & veg, save your life, chop...

Three cheers for my 'gram fam

So here's the thing - I was a complete social media naysayer back in the day. I deliberately ignored Facebook when it first came to the...

Goodnight, 2017...

Each December, I try to stop and take stock of what the year has held. 2017 has been a busy and eventful one for our little clan. Mr Den...

Real talk: the business of cake

You might want to make some tea: this is a long 'un. Before I started baking for business, I really couldn't understand why anyone would...

Revolutionary honey cake

Can one cake really change the course of your life? In my case, yes.

When our village saved the day

How our local buddies gave us sunshine on a rainy day.

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