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…

A kind of magic

A kind of magic

Without Bernadette there would be at least 366 grumpier people around

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Is breast best?

Is breast best?

830,000 babies a year would be saved if they were breastfed

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The parent trap

The parent trap

Over-controlling parents are likely to raise depressed children

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Change is good medicine

Change is good medicine

The harder it is to kill yourself, and others, the fewer people will do it

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How do we plan for old age?

How do we plan for old age?

I was talking to my cousin the other day about the cruelties of old age

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Home help

Home help

I’m one of the few people lucky to have a house, even if bits of it are falling down

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Balancing the books

Balancing the books

Does the ratio between money and happiness carry on forever?

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PCs, passwords and Pingu

PCs, passwords and Pingu

Do you rely on your children to help you out with technology?

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Would I lie to you?

Would I lie to you?

Would you lie for someone or ask someone to lie for you?

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Domestic blitz

Domestic blitz

How do you keep domestic chaos under control? Let me know!

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Fancy a flutter?

Fancy a flutter?

Fancy a flutter? Almost three-quarter of us do, apparently...

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Childcare costs conundrum

Childcare costs conundrum

We will always pay less for something we think is in plentiful supply

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