Full Steam Ahead! Why Steam Rallies Are A Great Day Out
Have you ever considered a steam rally for a bit of weekend entertainment? Steam you say, is that with eucalyptus? No! It’s actually a collective of people in a field…
Jackie Wilson
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Jackie started writing for Belle on her return to the UK after 3 years living in Kuala Lumpur. Formerly a Marketing Manager of British institutions such as Cathedral City Cheddar and Twinings Tea, she wrote columns and web content in KL for several local and expat magazines and sites and was a contributing author for the book Knocked Up Abroad. Jackie is now back on the expat beat living in Cincinatti, USA where she is engaged in a feast of writing projects while desperately clinging to her children’s British accents and curiously observing the American way.
Getting Personal At Gigi’s, Hoxton
I’m not going to lie, as a kid from the suburbs and currently a visitor to my own country (I currently live most of my time in Ohio, USA), I’m…
Summer Reading: Beartown by Fredrik Backman
As is normally the case in the summer, requests for book recommendations are all around. This is my answer to all of those that have come my way. This is…
The Book Of The Film, Of The Book
“The book was better.” How many times have you heard or thought that as you exit the cinema? If you’ve read a book and watched the film, I guess it’s…
Age Before Beauty?
I’m 47. This week I bought myself the first bikini that I have ever thought I looked good in. I wrote bikinis off long ago as something I simply couldn’t…
WANTED: Female Musical Role Models for my Daughter
Who we idolise in our formative years is pretty important and can say a lot about our own ambition, attitude and aspiration. So who should young girls be idolising now? Wanted – role models for my daughter!
Oxytocin: The ACTUAL Gift of Love
Do you see Valentine’s Day as a calendar driven, tick in the box exercise for nauseatingly loved up couples? Well maybe science can offer an alternative filter for that. It’s…
Traditions Of Christmas Past – An Homage To The 70s Childhood
This year will be my first Christmas away from the UK. Whilst we’ve been living all over the place for the past 6 years, we have always gone home. My…
Praise Be To The Bee
Queen Bee. Sounds pretty awesome right? In human metaphor, it’s the alpha girl, the one with all the gifts. In pop culture, it’s Rizzo from Grease or Cher from Clueless.…
It Wasn’t Like That In My Day!
After I’d prepared the four different meals required for dinner for my family of four last week, my 7-year-old daughter asked me what I used to eat for tea when…