Fashion has long been associated with personality and it's common knowledge that attire speaks volumes about the person underneath the fabric; tuning into an individual's interests, political and social standing, as well as aspirations.

Never before have we had such variety and freedom, and when it comes to fashion,...

There's nothing quite as magical as when a fragranced aroma takes you back to a special time or place; in one perfumed inhalation, you can be transported there, all your senses tingling with the pleasant memory it evokes.

For me, the scent is geranium (the essential oil for 'the mind,...

International Women's Day, on 8 March, is a celebration of the huge successes and achievements by women in the social, political and economical arenas - of which there have been many!

As well as this, International Women's Day offers us all a space to examine and reflect on the...

One morning last week, I picked up one of the free newspapers littering the train carriage, and scrawled across the front of it was the following headline: "Mentally-ill killer stabbed strangers in street attacks."

Yes, shocking, and certainly attention-grabbing, to say the least.

The story attempted to shed light...

It's a Saturday afternoon, the third Saturday of 2013, and I'm feeling rather at odds with all the focus on reinventing at this time of year.

Yes, I've had a haircut, got a new diary and added stuff to it: all the things I want to do and achieve...

Feeling rushed and windswept, not to mention shattered from a series of sleepless nights (no doubt due to the usual stressful occurrences at this time of year: a pressing work and social diary, more late nights and Christmas shopping to do), I hurried along Newman Street, London, looking for the...

I know that it's still only November, but I almost passed out when I heard that there were only four Fridays left until Christmas day swings round, and to me, that means I've only got a small amount of time to get in gear. And believe me, right now, I'm...

Whilst the media jumps all over the statistics from the recent Netmums survey that suggests feminism is deemed 'too old fashioned' because only nine per cent of 25 to 29 year olds identify with the movement, not a lot has been made of the 70 per cent who feel that...

Right now, in a hospital bed in Birmingham, a truly remarkable and brave teenage girl is fighting for her life.

Malala Yousafzai, from the Swat Valley in Pakistan, where the Taliban have banned girls from attending school a number of times, is a political activist, campaigning for women's rights and,...

This morning's story on BBC News about Stoke City becoming the first Premier League club to try and do something about the depression in football has touched my heart. To see the topic being taken seriously and in such a tender way demonstrates the hope that is needed by so...

Guest list dramas, delivery dates, seating plans...

Chances are, if you're in the midst of planning a wedding, then you'll be up to your neck in wedding administration or 'wedmin', and perhaps even trying to juggle different opinions and emotions, alongside attending to the life you had before you got...