Amanda Blinkhorn is a freelance journalist who has been writing about money, family life and everything in between since she was 19.

She blogs here almost every day and writes the Money Matters finance column in Candis magazine as well as for The Sunday Times and other newspapers and magazines. She lives in London with her four children aged between 8 and 19. She has almost finished training to be an adult literacy teacher and will qualify this summer, if she ever finishes those pesky essays.


Check out some of Amanda’s recent blogs below…

Heading home

Heading home

I told you I might be some time – that first run of the year really took it out of me.

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Life’s a beach

Life’s a beach

We have headed east to The Caravan on a Norfolk beach

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Fit for life?

Fit for life?

It’s taken a while but I finally screwed up the nerve to make the most of the gym

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Music to our ears

Music to our ears

Nostalgia is my absolute favourite form of procrastination.

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Boot sale bargain?

Boot sale bargain?

I’ll have spent £46,800 on boot fairs over the course of my working life

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Food for thought

Food for thought

Are you the first in line when it comes to using up your tax breaks?

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Race against time

Race against time

When I was a kid changing the clocks was quite the event

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The end of the office era?

The end of the office era?

Is the traditional daily grind of the commute to work dying out?

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ISA’s nicer?

ISA’s nicer?

I turned to Anna Sofat for advice on whether they’re still a good way to save

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Money, money, money

Money, money, money

So now the dust has settled on the Chancellor’s budget what do you think of it?

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Money for nothing?

Money for nothing?

We can shop till our credit cards drop, but even then we won’t stop

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Dressed to impress?

Dressed to impress?

Does the way teachers dress reflect their teaching ability?

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