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heatwave
Britain is basking in beautiful sunshine. This prolonged bout of glorious weather doesn’t often hit our little island. We have the odd day here and there where the temperatures may reach the late 20s or perhaps, if we’re really lucky, the early 30s; but it tends to end almost as quickly as it arrived and...
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Two days of sunshine and suddenly summer’s here with a vengeance, kicking out the last dregs of winter with a triumphant cackle. Of course, it is raining at this very moment because British summertime is fickle at best. It’s at this time of year when spring and summer rule the land that the differences between...
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maxi dress
The maxi dress is one of the ultimate go-to summer staples. Not only can they be stylish they’re comfortable and a perfect fit for any occasion, plus you don’t have to worry about matching your top to your bottoms, just slip it on and away you go. Now that the weather is taking a turn...
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montevideo uruguay
It’s almost time for sun-kissed skin and cocktails by the beach, but most of us are panicking about where to jet off to this summer. If you’re really organised, you would have booked your holiday in December and probably saved about £500. But if you’re like me, taking months on end deciding on the perfect...
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autumn leaves
So, we haven’t exactly had the most amazing summer this year. Between boiling hot and blustering winds, to carrying an umbrella ‘just in case’, our summer has been a bit of a wash out. However, these autumn goodies makes embracing the shorter nights, shallow puddles, and leaf blowing breezes a bit more bearable. Matte Lipstick...
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laptop
Summer has finally arrived and, let’s face it, the last place you want to be when the weather is nice is stuck in an office. But we all have bills to pay so here at Semple we have put together our guide to making it through those muggy days when you are working 9 to 5!...
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The social season is officially here and it’s time to clean up the BBQ, polish up on your Pimm’s mixing, and set the scene for a summer of fun. Everyone wants to entertain when the sunshine arrives, but the trick to doing it well doesn’t come easy. And with so many parties dominating your calendar, you...
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It’s the time of year that every accident-prone girl dreads. Goodbye to the safety of the little black dress and hello dangerous and unsure territory of the little white dress.  Oh how we envy the girls who can glide about all day in a floaty white dress without incurring so much as a smudge! How do they...
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Whilst it’s great to see some sunshine (and we are already starting to daydream about long, sunny afternoons), we would be lying if we said that the thought of shedding layers of heavy knitwear didn’t bring us out in a cold sweat. But now is the time to start getting ready for summer dresses and...
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After our tour of India’s Golden Triangle we’d had our fill of city life for a while and were most definitely in need of some R&R. We settled on Goa for our next stop in favour of the sea over the smog. We arrived late on the evening of the 10th to a sticky heat and...
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