Joely Chilcott

1 week ago | popsugar.co.uk | Joely Chilcott

Tapping my card on the machine, I sit in the coffee shop with my £3.95 oat latte and a cheeky £3.20 croissant (almond, of course). I scroll on my phone to check when my latest H&M delivery is due to arrive before sending over the money I owe my sister for booking us tickets to a gig. If you'd have asked me before I wrote this all down, I would have said I am by no means extravagant with my spending, but seeing it in black and white certainly puts me in a privileged position.

3 weeks ago | popsugar.co.uk | Joely Chilcott

Published on 24 April 2025 at 11:35Meet me in January and you can bet your life savings that I'm going to mention The Traitors within the first 30 seconds. It becomes my whole personality over the three weeks it airs, along with Claudia Winkleman's enviable array of winter outfits. And I know I'm not the only one.

1 month ago | popsugar.co.uk | Joely Chilcott

Published on 3 April 2025 at 11:45GettyPhoto Illustration: Aly LimGettyPhoto Illustration: Aly LimIt's 4pm, you're supposed to be heading out for dinner in the evening and your period starts. You've got cramps, feel "meh" and would rather curl up in a ball than go out and socialise. Instead, you send a message making an excuse about being stuck at work and you're not going to be able to make it. Because of course you couldn't reveal the real reason, right? Erm. . .

1 month ago | popsugar.co.uk | Joely Chilcott

Published on 25 March 2025 at 16:00It will come as no surprise to those who know me that I am a control freak. Perhaps it's my Leo star sign that means I can't help but take a lead in situations or it's my genetic makeup having been born to an equally control-obsessed mum, but I like to make plans and stick to them. Is that so bad? My calendar is filled with events, I know what I'm doing on a weekly basis and nothing gets me more excited than when a plan comes together (I know, I am wild).

1 month ago | popsugar.com.au | Joely Chilcott

The Best Gifts For New Mums and Babies, by a New Mum Morning sickness, pregnancy glow, constant fatigue are all common symptoms of pregnancy that many of us have heard of. What I wasn’t quite so prepared for after the initial physical ailments wore off was the bombardment of “stuff” I was being told I absolutely one hundred percent must have or I will fail as a parent. Now, obviously, this wasn’t necessarily the narrative that was intentionally being peddled, but my hormonal brain took it...