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Lemony shrimp and bean stew
You are seriously lucky to know me. This recipe is so, so good and also absurdly quick. It is not my original (of course) but a thing I think that first appeared in the New York Times and then pass…
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You need a cape
If you’ve been looking at your winter outerwear recently and thought that it’s just so… sleevey… then consider a cape. I bought two last year, a short camel one and a longer…
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Which trainers
I had a question the other day about what are the best new trainers to buy for Spring and Summer. I am a devotee of Hummel hi tops, but I look with great envy at anyone who has these Americana Hi p…
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About
Welcome to The Spike! I’m Esther and I’m in charge of this pigsty. I’m a journalist and a copywriter and I write The Spike because it’s too much fun not to. I live in London with my husband Giles a…
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Back to work
I was asked twice over the summer, (which is quite a lot for me), about back to work clothes for the modern, go-getting woman (who also possibly has a couple of kids and hasn’t seen inside an…
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Big boots
I bought and then returned this pair of basically bovver boots twice before eventually keeping them. Twice! Can you believe it? I mean what the hell is wrong with me. I’ll tell you what: I wa…