6 Stylish Dog Walking (or Country Style) Looks for Autumn

By |2026-10-30T12:05:24+00:00October 30th, 2026|Categories: Style|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

As always, the most frequent Autumn/Winter wardrobe reader questions haven’t been “how do I do the Dior catwalk on a high street budget?” Instead they’ve been “how can I look vaguely stylish in a life that involves a wet daily dog walk?” or “how can I look good when I live rurally and everyone else lives in walking gear?” I do understand, especially the dog walking one, because the commitment to a pooch in midlife isn’t insignificant. Not only [...]

Colombia, Salsa and Saying “Yes” at this stage of life

By |2026-10-27T17:29:29+00:00October 27th, 2026|Categories: Project Happier, Travel|

It’s an extra post today because I want to tell you a little more about what it was like spending almost a month away from home and I think this is the only chance I’m going to get. This isn’t just a ‘what we did’ post, it’s a ‘why we did it’ because that’s what matters to most of us now… working out how we’re going to decide on whatever will feel like adventure for us in the next stage [...]

Beauty Cornucopia: Glowing, Depuffing & Avoiding the Wild Woman in the Woods Look

By |2026-10-26T15:03:32+00:00October 23rd, 2026|Categories: Hair & Beauty, Health, Product review|Tags: , , , , , |

It's one of my rare beauty and wellness posts today. You know that beauty isn't something that I spend a lot of time or money on but it is important to me because as I get older I can see what a difference it makes. Grooming is the thing that sets us apart from the storybook wild woman in the woods with the hairy wart on her nose who scares children. Brush the hair, prep the skin, apply a [...]

Your Style Questions Answered: The New Season Edit

By |2026-10-15T11:56:14+01:00October 16th, 2026|Categories: Retail Review, Style|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

As promised, it's a new season try-on today and as I continue the transition from blog to Substack this will appear in both places so you can choose where to read it. If you're new here, you'll now start to understand why I started Onwards with so much style theory. These try-on posts are the ones where you see me putting it into action and referencing all of the stylists' terms that we've been through over the last few [...]

Older and hopefully wiser – questions I’ve been asked recently

By |2026-10-09T13:51:24+01:00October 9th, 2026|Categories: Midlife|Tags: , |

A quick catch-up and twelve questions I’ve been asked recently that made me think I’m back from my travels in Latin America and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who’s joined me here while I’ve been away. I’ve hesitated over the move to Substack for so long that I felt I had to take the plunge from a distance and it’s beginning to feel as if it was the right thing to do. Soon some [...]

10 questions to ask before you shop for your new season wardrobe

By |2026-10-01T15:31:00+01:00October 2nd, 2026|Categories: Style|Tags: , , , , |

So as we’ve discussed over the last two posts, with every new email that comes in, the call of a new season wardrobe grows ever stronger. The shops are full of seasonal colours and as summer ticks over into autumn I find I’m sick of everything I’ve been wearing and want to change absolutely everything. In the past I used to get carried away with a jumper here, a pair of boots there without pausing to [...]

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