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…

Spend or save?

Spend or save?

Brits prefer to give their money away in dribs and drabs over their lifetime

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Working 9-5… what a way to make a living

Working 9-5… what a way to make a living

I had a rare glimpse of 9-5 when I was offered two writing shifts

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A day for giving…

A day for giving…

Fundraising has become a lot more fun since I was a child

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Garden gang

Garden gang

My first memories of proper gardening was as a student when i shared a house

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A weighty lesson

A weighty lesson

Whingeing never ever works, and it’s a tough lesson to learn

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A woman’s best friend

A woman’s best friend

I am thrilled that Doughnut is looking distinctly perkier after his injections

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Parties and the art of giving

Parties and the art of giving

Enough to pay for more tests to keep a few more of us out of its clutches.

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Happy ever after?

Happy ever after?

According to a study, being a pessimist can actually help you live longer

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It’s a dog’s life…

It’s a dog’s life…

Diabetes is responsible for some of the greatest health problems in the UK

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Duplicate dinners

Duplicate dinners

When we say we’ve run out of ideas for dinner, it looks as if we really mean it

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Keep your hair on

Keep your hair on

I realised my centre parting had widened to the extent thatI had a bald patch

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Don’t panic!

Don’t panic!

These days we’ve stopped worrying about overheating or choking babies

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