Best of the web

As summer draws to a close, weve unearthed more quirky websites that are perfect for keeping those autumn blues away.

While the weather outside has been less than desirable, we’ve been busy scouring the internet for the perfect distractions.

And we’ve found some wonderfully addictive sites that are perfect for wasting away rainy days, and some that are just downright useful. Enjoy.

Brigid Moss, Health director, Lovereading4kids.co.uk

Advertisement - Continue Reading Below

This is a fabulous website for choosing books for kids of any age, including new and established authors and is an inspiring place to find ideas for book presents.

Hannah Gilchrist, Online news and features writer, Jamjarflowers.co.uk
After being given a gift of flowers in a jam jar I can't get enough of finding more inspirational ideas to recreate the look at home. From jam jars to test-tubes, this website is full of quirky ideas for my next arrangement.

Tabitha Stapely, Online deputy editor, Explodingbakery.com

If you’re tiring of flouncy cupcakes that are all style and no content then you will love this site. This baking company has attitude. They specialise in tray bakes that pack a flavour punch such as Passion Fruit Cake, a sticky cake full of passion fruit, coconut and vanilla with a brandy snap base. They are based in Exeter but will do next day delivery to London for orders over £40 – perfect for a party.

Sasha Wilkins, blogger Liberty London Girl and Red Panellist, Insideology.com

A while back I started a correspondence through the comments on my own site with a witty reader, Annie, who turned out to have her own absolutely delightful blog. She takes lovely photographs, and tells the stories behind different parts of London, as well as weaving in stories from her own life. It's charming, beautifully written and personal in the right way.

For more of our favourite blogs check out

Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
More From Views & Opinions
https://www.redonline.co.uk/red-women/blogs/a510781/red-s-best-of-the-web-31-august-2012/
www.redonline.co.uk
crawl=CC-MAIN-2018-51
195133
application/http; msgtype=response
sha1:JCWWVN4XHOMWK6QV5OUU7NFI2QEQCMNL
<urn:uuid:920255a1-3de0-4995-8f3c-978a9b574fdf>
2018-12-11T14:26:46Z
151.101.248.200
text/html
sha1:GA4MVNXW2LGM3GY3BRIJDY4P62VMCPJE
<urn:uuid:c6a73cc7-f654-49de-b65f-410e9ddab991>
https://www.redonline.co.uk/red-women/blogs/a510781/red-s-best-of-the-web-31-august-2012/
response
<urn:uuid:11a1ac7f-25bb-4b22-907e-03360ba8b75f>
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-51
publisher: Common Crawl
description: Wide crawl of the web for December 2018
operator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)
hostname: ip-10-164-234-169.ec2.internal
software: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)
robots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)
format: WARC File Format 1.1
conformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/