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…

5 ways to save money on food bills

5 ways to save money on food bills

The average family throws away £60 worth of good, edible food a month

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Cashtastic

Cashtastic

Money columnist Amanda Blinkhorn reveals how pet-lovers can boost their pocket money

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Amanda’s world

Amanda’s world

Our family blogger Amanda Blinkhorn lets us in on her life. This week it’s all doggone difficult…

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Cashtastic

Cashtastic

Our money columnist Amanda Blinkhorn looks at how you can give a little and gain a lot…

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Amanda’s world

Amanda’s world

Amanda Blinkhorn lets us into the controlled chaos of her family life every week.

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Money rules

Money rules

Money columnist Amanda Blinkhorn explains how to keep a tight(ish) rein…

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Car boot sale

Are you about to lose a fortune?

Check first sell later is good advice when it comes to car boot sales!

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“Put me in charge of Tesco!”

“Put me in charge of Tesco!”

Candis money expert Amanda crunches the numbers and figures out that she couldn’t do worse…

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Family dramas

Family dramas

Done your homework? Amanda hasn’t… and she’s blaming Poldark

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Food for thought

Food for thought

Our money columnist Amanda Blinkhorn looks at self-help for money dummies

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Caught on camera

Caught on camera

Our blogger Amanda Blinkhorn investigates history this week…

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Moving on…

Moving on…

Our Money columnist Amanda looks at a different kind of hoarding…

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