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It’s been a while since I reviewed a venue worthy of a full-throttled mention on my doorstep and this is a little gem that I would quite happily keep to myself if I wasn’t all for sharing these things! Catesby’s is a new shop nestled on the cobbles of Green Street, in the very heart of Cambridge City centre, offering beautiful and unique goods for your home and garden. This shop is set within a stunning Georg

I’ve read posts written by others in the past who share tips on the best films to make you feel happy or even the top ten films to make you cry… I’ve always wondered why you would ever want to watch a film to make you purposefully cry, that’s always baffled me. But then, my fellow human beings can be baffling individuals, so I’ll continue to wonder. It’s no secret that I’m a huge film

A friend of mine (Cat at The Teatime Treatery) recently introduced me to the wonderful and luxurious world of Jo Malone London, a beautifully British brand of colognes, scented candles and bath oils. I had no idea that tucked away off Cambridge Market was a Jo Malone shop on Rose Crescent, within the very same building that used to house my favourite art gallery in Cambridge until around a year ago. As soon as I stepped throug

I don’t know about you, but I get itchy feet from time to time and lately… well, I’ve not stopped itching! I’m not too adventurous when it comes to travel, I’ve visited Egypt alone on a day trip to Cairo whilst holidaying in Cyprus, but that’s about it. I’ve taken myself to Cornwall, Devon, the Lake District and have enjoyed a beautiful & snowy weekend break in Prague, but somethin

Are you as infatuated with afternoon tea as the craziest of afternoon tea fanatics? Recently I learnt (after a visit on a fantastic afternoon tea BUS in London!) of a national afternoon tea week organised by AfternoonTea.co.uk and I have decided to create my own way to connect afternoon tea addicts through the power of Instagram. This is my favourite social media platform for showing off my afternoon tea adventures with pretty

National Afternoon Tea Week is coming to town in August and what better way to start celebrating it than to think about (and scoff down!) some afternoon tea?! It’s thought that the tradition of afternoon tea was started by the seventh Duchess of Bedford when she needed to fill “that sinking feeling” with some sweet treats between meals and it is now known as a quintessentially British pastime of which we real

It’s been one FULL on weekend, full of inspiration when it comes to blogging & social media as well as an exciting opportunity to meet 30 passionate bloggers and I’ve made plenty of new friendships over the last 3 or 4 days – it’s been an amazing experience. I can’t recount everything I’ve learnt right now, there is so much to take in, I’ve actually had to take a day out just to br

Ok… I’m blogging “freestyle” here, no plans, no rules, no worries, just me and my thoughts to fill you all in on why I’ve been so quiet of late. So, firstly, I’ve been busy starting up a new business… Stir Up Media was born a few months ago from my love of media, social media and of course blogging & writing. I’ve built my brand as “Miss Sue Flay over these years throug

I’m always in my element when I find somebody else who’s as passionate as I can be about the finest geekery around afternoon tea. When I meet people who also can’t think of anything better than drinking a loose leaf tea from the finest china teacups and creating afternoon tea tables to please an entire crowd, I know that I’m in the PERFECT company. It’s taken me a little while to write this event