HeyJaredLiving Danishly with Helen Russell
Author of 7 books inc The Year of Living Danishly. Former ed marieclaire.co.uk turned Scandinavia correspondent. I write about what it means to live a good life around the world (when not herding mini Vikings). Laura Clark Is Away From Her Desk out July.
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Lovely Lisbon and looking at (banging) sunrises (opens the original)
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Hello! I’m back from sunny Lisbon, working on the edit of my next book – a manuscript I haven’t glanced at since summer but am now returning to like an old friend. I’m relieved to find I’m still delighted by it (phew) and it’s currently taking up a lot of my head/heart. Hence writing this at 6am before the working day starts, while admiring another sunrise so spectacular, I’m tempted to throw open the window and alert my neighbours (“Look! Quick! It’s pinker than a hot pink Stabilo!”).<a class="
From dancing cow day in Denmark to dancing diggers (and racing ferrets) in England (opens the original)
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Thirty-five thousand people, hundreds of animals, brigades of men in Barbours and a fleet of dancing excavators are making their way to our corner of rural England this weekend. Forget Harry Styles or Taylor Swift: the hottest ticket in the surrounding towns and villages is Newbury Show, featuring Ferris Wheels, focaccia and ferret racing. Let me explain…The Rocky reboot we didn’t know we neededThere’s a long and inexplicable fondness for ferrets among some sections of the British public. They h
On boundaries, belting it out and rekindling routine (opens the original)
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There are two types of people in this world: people who say things they don’t mean, and people who never would. I’m wondering which my kids will become as they grow and change and test (all the) boundaries this week. Peer to peer relationships and managing conflict feel like important things to learn (I grew up a bookish only child, what do I know?). So after a summer of sibling rows, they’re back out navigating the wider world.‘You’re not my best friend and you’re not coming to my party’ used t
Five Go Mad On Holiday (opens the original)
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Two things are true: I had a great summer and I’m glad it’s over. I wrote in my last post about a plan to refill my cup - how a ‘big sleep’ was incoming - totally overlooking the fact that I have three children, a dog, a husband with two week’s leave while school holidays last for six.Since I saw you last, my novel <sp
It's finally here! Read Laura Clark Is Away From Her Desk today (opens the original)
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HUGE THANKS to all who have sent virtual high fives and lent their support to make this week possible*. It’s been emotional but I largely kept it together until two of my favourite people surprised me at the launch with bear hugs and cake. There was also a hand painted card, which I foolishly opened on the train home alone (“No YOU’RE crying while summe… Read more
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