What a Week

Trying to juggle a bladder that only holds a teaspoonful with sprog’s tantrums and ‘im indoors pacing and muttering some incomprehensible gibberish about cheese and wine really takes it out of you.  He’s been like a bear with a sore…

Some More Beauty Must-Haves

Beauty must-haves is a funny old phrase. My oldest daughter couldn’t do without her silk pillow to combat frizz-hair. Moisturiser and eyebrow-dye are amongst mine. Yet ask around your female friends and a good tweezer is up there at number…

Renting By The Sea In Retirement

Thought about living by the sea in retirement? Retiring to the coast needn’t be just a dream. For example, in 2022 you could rent an apartment in Scarborough & Southport from just £650 per month. Living By The Sea Retirement…

Guernsey – Charm and Quality

Following a couple of quite surreal years, regular travellers Mr and Mrs 50 Plus dipped their toes back into the holiday mode with a mini break to the beautiful island of Guernsey. Sitting far closer to France than the UK,…

Tamara Konstantin – Musical Mistress of Reinvention

Earlier this month, the composer and pianist Tamara Konstantin enthralled a star studded audience at one of London’s most glittering events. Tamara, who releases her third album ‘Resilience’ in November, performed her romantic piano compositions before Grace Jones’s headline act at the ICON gala at London’s Landmark Hotel where the…

Happiness Is Yours To Give This Christmas

Red Letter Days will be donating 10% of sales from the Red Letter Days Merry Christmas Gift Box to Child Poverty Action Group. Red Letter Days Merry Christmas Gift Box This Christmas Red Letter Days are proud to support Child…

Whitemead Lodge Holidays

Apart from family, what else did you miss most during lockdowns and all the COVID19 upheavals and restrictions ? For us, it was our frequent little UK short breaks. October saw us going to Whitemead Forest Park in the Forest…