Sitemap - 2023 - Becks and the City by Rebecca Douglas

Merry 25 December, I need a break, and see you in 2024

‘The Last Devil to Die’, a Swiftie surprise, and a new Bridget Jones movie

The Scarlet Stiletto Awards and my Melbourne weekend

Hunger Games, Twisties candles, and Glitter Revenge

Photos from the rad Banksy street art exhibition

Short story clubs, manicures for mindfulness, and the happiest podcasts

Hot firies and cool kittens, plus Stella McCartney’s sustainable Paris fashion market

Recent writing news, an $18 wonder-bag, and building your to-don’t list

This week is full of fresh air

ELLE mag is back, strawberries and cream, and floating houses of the future

New York dioramas, origami cranes, and a movie review of ‘Scrapper’

‘A Haunting in Venice’, kids reading to canines, and ‘rucking’ for self-care

Searching for awe, ‘Gran Turismo’, and the sounds of ‘Vogue’

Parallel play, care packages hanging from trees, and human nature’s kinda good

Strap in: the Fyre Festival is back for a second bin-fire

Violet jam, bespoke happiness, and cosy cardio

The rise of superfakes, book launches, and finding your ‘glimmers’

And we’re back! Ooft, what a time

Pressing pause due to a purple sparkly spanner...

SPECIAL EDITION: 100 pick-me-ups for when life’s bumming you out

Small snippets of modern love and my version of the ‘Barbie’ soundtrack

Drew Barrymore’s cute meditation cupboard, Tom Rob Smith’s ‘Cold People’, and long live the bookish

Taylor Swift’s Little Golden Book, Carrie’s workwear, and whatever happened to Alannah Hill?

One-hit fashion wonders, lady dubstep, breakdancing in Paris, and a film dollar doozy

Mid-wedding haircuts, peppermint on the brain, and reigniting my love of clumsy drawing

Eurovision highlights, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’, and squillions of miniatures

A London literary guide, woodworking babes, and a mint-green ring to show your singlehood

Met Gala bangers, fake books, songs by female actors, and who is the mole?

The ‘Thursday Murder Club’ movie, Molly Ringwald, and a ballet-inspired workout playlist

Daft Punk does ballet, the introvert Olympics, and my Vogue shopping picks

Finally addressing the elephant in the room: as a ‘Sex and the City’ fan, what did I think of ‘And Just Like That…’?

Wellmania, my prospective new hair colour, and what’s the point of reading writing by humans?

Paint-splattering pinball, Veronica Lando’s ‘The Whispering’, New York in the 1930s, and Indigenous crime fiction

Lightsaber lessons for ladies, mystery minion sculptures, and the Sugar Plum Fairy’s drugged-out playlist

Obsessing over the Orient Express refurb, little street libraries, and seeing Jane Harper at Adelaide Writers’ Week

Shakespeare Aliens, Jelena Dokic for Witchery, my solid perfume pick, and an ice-cold migraine hat

‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’, overcoming a musical slump, and how can we lead a meaningful life?

A lil photo journal of my Melbourne trip

Podcasts for my Melbourne trip, ‘Knock at the Cabin’, and a renewable energy bottleneck

The great February recalibration of our muffed-up plans… but writing $$ are on the way

Retro crime fiction, the Razzie Awards roasted over an off-colour nomination, plus hobbies that’ve changed my life

Cheating with chatbots, ballet-induced trauma, and ‘The Next Girl’ by Pip Drysdale

A cooling peppermint-inspired playlist and yikes – a colouring book about domestic violence

Adorable kitties serving up snacks, faking your literary death, and Luckiest Girl Alive