by Niamh Wallace | Apr 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
AND BREATHE… For the last couple of years, we’ve been living in Storrington, a large West Sussex village at the foot of the South Downs. We are transient, here to sell my late Dad’s house – and it’s a lovely village, with a real sense of heart, but it’s impossible not...
by Niamh Wallace | Jan 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
READ HOW TO BE FABULOUS So, so lovely to see you here! But oh babes, I know! Some days, it’s just simply too much! It’s too much effort to put on a bra, too much effort to choose an outfit, let alone the shoes, the makeup, the earrings! And on those days when it’s all...
by Niamh Wallace | Dec 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Old Friends Are the Best In The Lies Our Children Tell, I write about two friends who have known each other since university. Exploring the dynamics of a decades-old friendship appealed to me because I am fortunate enough to still have friends from school and from...
by Niamh Wallace | Jul 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Nelly Brooks, in The Emerald Shawl, is a fictional, British, woman reporter, but every aspect of her story was inspired by the American Nellie Bly (1864 – 1922), probably the world’s first female undercover journalist. It was Nellie Bly (real name, Elizabeth Jane...
by Niamh Wallace | Jun 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Loving Spirits at the Vintage Teashop by Sharon Booth is out now 👻 If you look at the dedication at the front of Loving Spirits at the Vintage Teashop, you’ll find that it’s dedicated to Herbert Kean. He was my maternal grandad, and he died when I was only seven years...
