Mrs Lister writes…

Rocking Pinterest Hello, my name is Kerry Jean Lister and I’m a Pinaholic. From my new house moodboard to things that make me smile, fashion and frippery to musical inspirations - my web experience has become a much richer, visually inspiring one. I could (and indeed do) spend hours on there.   Gregory Porter An amazing [...]

HIYA! *waves* Ok so I’ve been about as shit as it’s possible to be over the summer months. What can I say? I’ve had neither the time nor the inclination to put finger to keyboard for anything other than work (which has been REALLY BLOODY BUSY BY THE WAY) and I was struggling to think [...]

I was inspired to write this blog post by the lovely English Mum who did a similar post last year called ‘Around  the web in 20 clicks: in praise of bloggers’. She linked out to 20 fantastic blog posts from a whole range of bloggers – foodies, mums, photography, travel – it was a really [...]

I won the EuroMillions last Friday. Granted, it was £10.10 so I won’t be giving up work and paying my friends mortgages off anytime soon, but still – a tenner’s a tenner, right?! Anyway – spring is in the air and the shops are calling (well, whispering – I have a house deposit to save [...]

meryl streep (a ‘real’ woman if ever there was one). picture by michael thompson Polly Vernon wrote an interesting piece in this weeks Grazia about being ‘skinny and loving it’. I began reading the article thinking ‘Oh god – not ANOTHER skinny vs fat argument’ but came away from it thinking ‘good on you girl [...]

i’m not sure if i’ve been good enough this year but, if on the off-chance you are feeling PARTICULARLY generous, i would be most happy to find any of the below beneath my tree. and i appreciate that some of them don’t exist and therefore might be a bit hard to track down… books for [...]