I hope that nude makeup remains the unchallenged face-fashion champion, at least until I finish typing this blog post.
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Fortnum & Mason, London
I was pulled by a sheer magnetism of love into Fortnum & Mason.
And went for a spin around the food hall.
Painting the Modern Garden at the Royal Academy
It felt like Monet’s water lilies took my stare and enclosed it tightly in their gentle, pink, waxy clutches.
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Catullus’ Bedspread Daisy Dunn Book Launch
There was an excitable buzz last night at the launch of Daisy Dunn’s debut books: Catullus’ Bedspread: The Life of Rome’s Most Erotic Poet and The Poems of Catullus, at Peter Harrington Rare Books in Dover Street, Mayfair.
Among the 200+ guests pounding the shop’s floor were Ian and Victoria Hislop, Sir Simon Jenkins, Hannah Kaye, Mike Grady, Hugo Williams, Giles Milton, Suzannah Lipscomb, Michael Cockerell, Gordon Corera, Thane Prince…
The Ingram Collection: Bodies! at The Lightbox
The human body has long been depicted in its unadorned state for thousands of years – from cave paintings to the present – and it remains a constant source of artistic stimulus today.
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‘We Knew You Were Coming’
This blog post took its genesis from a family friend who kindly lent me a fascinating booklet produced by The Maldens and Coombe Heritage Society that details the exceptional proportion of Victoria Cross medals that were awarded to military who hailed from this particular corner of Surrey. Interestingly, there were three Victoria Cross medal recipients from the New Malden area. To put that in perspective, there are only two other places in the world that share the same accolade and those are: Carluke in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and Euroa, near Melbourne, Australia. However, of the three, New Malden is the only town with no separate commemorative site, statue or memorial to visit.
Glow January Glow!
My skin seems to be labouring under the illusion that it’s right to be lacking in glow or joie de vivre. It is dull and grey outside and party season seems like many moons ago… Oh, the moon! Iridescent, incandescent. La lune! It illuminates, unlike my skin.
So how can we get this glow back? With the help of…
Happy New Year!
Just a quick post to say: Happy New Year! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and wishing you all a very healthy and happy 2016, filled with joy and love!
Oaty Biscuits
I think these oat biscuits are just the snack you need right now. Ridiculously easy and quick to make, you’ll be crunching on these through to the new year!
Nobody is Ever Missing Review
A straightforward synopsis of Nobody is Ever Missing would read like this: a woman leaves her job and husband (and entire life) in Manhattan and buys a one-way ticket to New Zealand to go hitchhiking, without telling anyone.
Sounds a little bit like Gone Girl, doesn’t it?