Sophie Morris

5 days ago | inews.co.uk | Sophie Morris

A few weeks ago, my husband came home with a wine I hadn’t drunk in three or four years and hoped never to again. I buy plenty of supermarket wine and enjoy exploring bargain basement brands, but as I plough through my 40s my appetite has shifted from most bottles over six quid to specific favourites costing upwards of a tenner, and much more if from a local vineyard. Quality over quantity, they say.

2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Sophie Morris

They say you can’t put a price on love. All the same, estate agents Savills recently had a crack at the unthinkable and calculated the cost of having children, concluding that a couple growing into a family of four will assume the financial burden of £509,314 in the time from birth to the two children reaching 18. Half a million quid to raise a family? There is a sweetener, though. A one-child family can manage on well under half of that; coming in at £172,238.

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Sophie Morris

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2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Sophie Morris

I’ve been trying to meet up with my friend for a year. We speak regularly online, and she keeps asking when we can meet in person. However when I suggest dates, she’s never available. I know what you’re thinking. She’s just not that into me. But we’ve been friends for 25 years and I’m sure she’s not trying to end our relationship. At the same time, I’ve decided that if she’s not going to make any effort, nor am I.

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Sophie Morris

Forget wearing your favourite brands. The latest fashion is to cram your pantry – the posh name for a food cupboard – with on-trend independent products ranging from Ortiz tuna (£4.50 a can) to Perello olives (£3.50) and five quid bags of Torres crisps. Together, these three distinctive Spanish brands almost make a balanced meal, and our eagerness for no-cook picky dinners, served if possible out of the original packaging, has contributed to the soaring popularity of cult cupboard must-haves.