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Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Effortless Chic - in Colour

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Is This Mutton, over 60s blogger Gail Hanlon, is not impressed by claims that French women are effortlessly chic. She considers their neutrals based approach unadventurous. Instead she is encouraging women to wear bright colours all through autumn and winter.


Dear friends. We're constantly being told that French women are "effortlessly chic," clad as they invariably are in jeans, a blazer and a dash of red lipstick. Minimal and pared back, yes. But also - boring! Lacking any individuality. No sense of adventure. 

That's my controversial take. Nobody is going to rush up to you in the street to compliment you on wearing neutrals.   

I like to live my life in colour;  it makes me happy, and also those around me. I quite often get stopped in the street with people commenting on what I'm wearing.

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Thursday, 1 October 2026

Cathedral Heaven: September in Review

 Stained glass by Wilhemina Geddes on display at the National Stained Glass Museum, Ely Cathedral


Dear friends. The good weather persisted in September, particularly for us in the last week when we enjoyed temperatures of 30 (80 Fahrenheit) in Provence,  France.

September also featured three cathedrals - four, if you count the one where we saw Luminescence,  plus a trip to Plymouth. 

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