After being ill in bed for the best part of a week it seems to me that every tv show, magazine and blog is completely obsessed with telling us how to achieve the perfect Christmas.
So with the big day fast approaching and a huge to do list ahead of me, instead of creating yet another one of those ...
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Nordic Street Food comes to Liverpool – My chat with SKAUS
You can imagine how excited I was when I learnt that a Nordic inspired pop-up was launching at Liverpool’s fab Baltic Market just in time for Christmas.
I’ve written about my love for the Baltic Market before, and what a great place it is to eat, meet and socialise, whether you’re a local, or ...
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Christmas Collectables
As with all things Nordic, even Christmas is celebrated tastefully in Scandinavia.
It seems everyone manages to stay calm until December actually arrives. The panic buying, party planning and tree decorating (real ones of course) only gets underway the first Sunday of advent. ...
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A weekend in Lisbon
As I write the central heating is on full blast, the rain is battering the windows and to top it off it’s only 3pm and already going dark. Welcome to a typical winter in the north of England.
It's all a bit different to last week at this time, we were in Lisbon, celebrating my husbands fortieth, ...
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My addiction to Nordic Noir
What better way is there to while away the darker winter months than curled up on the sofa totally engrossed in a spellbinding tv series.
In the UK we’ve been very lucky since Sarah Lund and her now infamous Faroe Island sweater rose to fame back in 2007 as tv programmers have given us a steady ...
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My Nordic Winter Survival Kit
So as I scrapped the ice off the car windscreen in semi-darkness this Monday morning I had to admit to myself that winter had arrived. With Bonfire celebrations to enjoy this weekend too it really is time to start facing facts - Christmas will soon be upon us.
But before we begin worrying about ...
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