My aunt wears tight jeans and stilettos. She says, why shouldn’t she? She’s in great form, after all. […]
STYLE
We are proud that Funny Pearls has become known for our dedication to reporting on lifestyle trends. First movers and on the ball, is how we like to think of ourselves.

Just to give an example, we were among the first to notice that ‘body positivity’ had been thrown out the window of the trendy train. We imagine it is now flowing in the wind somewhere along the tracks together with disgarded sweet wrappers, a disposed diaper and a plastic water bottle. Headed for the oceans, perhaps.
But that aside:
Inspired by the greats, we bring you the latest in wellness, fashion and beauty. And if it was not such a cliché, we would add ‘with a twist’. (Well, we’ve just done that. So now you know).
The fat fly buzzed around Camilla’s blond head. She was in meditation pose, legs folded beneath her, perfectly […]
You hear the alarm. You press snooze with a well-practised flick of your wrist. You would have been […]
Funny Pearls are proud to present our 2021 short story competition winner MY EXCITING DAY Bett Butler […]
Day 1 I awoke from my slumber with a bad cold this morning and, as I’m due to […]
It began in March when Jo’s thoughts turned to her garden. She lived on the moor to the […]
A well-worn pair of Size 8 True Religion jeans, with trademark horseshoe stitching on the back pocket, were […]
One summer in the mid-1960s, I worked as a teenage nanny to three children: Helen aged nine, Brian […]
When Kellie pats the stool and asks me to pop up, I give her my I ain’t popped […]
Celia should, they say, tone down her make-up, crop her hair, take up knitting, macrame, embroidery and baking, […]
An old tree stands on a worn pavement in front of a suburban semi. At least fifty rings […]
When he was younger, Johnny Depp got a tattoo for his fiancée which said ‘Winona forever’, and then […]
Somewhere in the periphery of my vision, something glinted. Said vision was focused on my mirror-image, so when […]
‘Computing next – bloody waste of time.’ Becky exhales, smoke coming out of her nostrils as well as […]