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…

Calling time on payday loans

Calling time on payday loans

Maybe if we laugh at them enough they’ll just disappear

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Hands off our holidays

Hands off our holidays

The Back to School posters were up before the schools had even broken up.

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The generation game

The generation game

Is it true that we are destined to disappoint our parents?

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Bee aware

Bee aware

A third of the country’s honey bees were wiped last winter

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It ain’t over ‘till it’s over!

It ain’t over ‘till it’s over!

Midsummer’s been and gone and it’s all downhill from here

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The property pension plan

The property pension plan

Pensions are in the news again – and not in a good way

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Pet rescue

Pet rescue

Dohnut can do his bit for his fellow hound by becoming a blood donor

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Get on yer bike!

Get on yer bike!

There are seven million bicycles gathering dust and rust in Britain

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The luck of the draw

The luck of the draw

It’s a game of chance – but the odds are actually in your favour.

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Spies like us

Spies like us

My friend Liz and I have got a new hobby – we call it eavesdropping

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A helping hand

A helping hand

Those who work hardest succeed while those who faff about fail

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Lessons in life

Lessons in life

Locking up our children is not the way to keep them safe

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