september round up
The season of fires and books, tea and wrapping up warm is here. September was a beauty of a month, all the birthdays and a lot of sunshine. I am not normally too much of a TV person but I loved I Hate Suzie Billie Piper was mesmerising and real and funny and relevant.
The other TV programme I am obsessed with is Gone Fishing with Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse (don’t judge me). If you had told me the premise of this I don’t think I would have bothered but this is just a hilarious balm for the soul and I want to cuddle Bob Mortimer right up whilst having a pint with both of them and letting Bob cook me dinner.
Annie Nightingale is 80! So she wrote a book and is on How To Fail AND Desert Island Discs too. What an absolute trail blazer and amazing lady. This reminds me also of the sad death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who did so much for women’s rights in America, both women are true legends.
Music! Okay Kaya Surviving Is The New Living is on repeat, it has to be at a total of 26 minutes. Comic Sans, being my favourite. I am consuming all the audio right now so would love recommendations.
What I read this month:
1. My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Winn
2. The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn
3. The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff
4. The Ribbons Are for Fearlessness: A Journey by Catrina Davies
Raynor Winn wrote another book. My favourite book from 2018 The Salt Path has a follow up and it is as magical and beautiful and painful and everything the first book was. She is such a talented writer and the love and nature and resilience is my favourite.
My Absolute Darling absolutely (!) destroyed me with its beauty and strength and torment. The Catrina Davies book was a little treat at this time of no exploring; surfing in Norway and France and driving from Cornwall to the midnight sun where she watched the sun bob along the horizon, never set and then head back into the sky. Bucket list!
Turned Up Online for... Guardian Live Modern Motherhood: Reflections On A Changing Landscape. Ooooh this was good. Sophie Heawood, Candice Brathwaite and Laura Dockrill in conversation with Guardian editor at large Anushka Asthana. All incredibly bright women with so much to say about motherhood. It was Candice who made me smile and think the most though. If you don’t follow her on instagram do it. I am yet to read her book but it’s on my list.
My friend Jess, boss of The Womenhood had a brilliant Unspoken Live session with Lesley from Over The Bloody Moon about the menopause. This is endlessly fascinating to me. A few friends of mine are in perimenopause and once again it seems like another topic women go through which is kept tightly under wraps. Another fantastic live I watched on the topic is Clover Stroud with Sam Baker talking about Sam’s new book The Shift. 34 symptoms have been confirmed in perimenopause but maybe it is more like maybe 104!
I have had some incredible projects on this past month, both of which i am so proud of.
Sign of the Times (SOTT) is a second hand clothing website with curated, luxurious fashion.
Pachira Money, Stacey does all sorts of things but one of them is to help people use their money for good, to make ethical and sustainable financial decisions. Stacey is currently working remotely from her beautiful van. Not jealous!
