Picture Credit: RHS/Helen Yates
I went to the first day of the RHS Wisley Flower Show and Mary Berry was embracing her new role as the latest RHS Ambassador by opening the show.
Continue reading RHS Wisley Flower Show
RHS Wisley Flower Show
What To Wear To A September Wedding
… And not look like another guest there. ‘Unique outfit compilation stress’ is the corollary of weddings.
You find a beautiful brand new this season dress, splendidly wedding-ready and a blazer to match (on the next hanger? Wow that was easy!). But then you realise that someone else could have had the same idea and bought an identical ensemble. STRESS!
Continue reading What To Wear To A September Wedding
Cobham News
I wrote this for the Leatherhead Advertiser.
A SHOP manager who worked in Cobham for more than 30 years died in a car accident just weeks after retiring.
Read the full story here.
The Secret Miracle Workers
Isn’t surreptitious beauty the best? There are famed beauty heroes that work wonders without drawing too much attention to their miracles. They work quietly and sometimes only you know they’re there. It’s like a secret between you and your reflection in the mirror.
Continue reading The Secret Miracle Workers
The Paying Guests Book Review
Sarah Waters is a brilliant story teller. We’re in Camberwell in 1922 for her latest novel The Paying Guests. Our protagonist is Frances Wray, a spinster in her mid-twenties who lives with her mother in their large house. They have divided it up to rent out some of the rooms to a young married couple, Mr and Mrs Barber, to help pay for the running of the property. So far, so straightforward.
Continue reading The Paying Guests Book Review
Madeleines Recipe
When I went to Paris a few years ago I stayed in a beautiful Art Deco hotel on the Left Bank and they served the most amazing breakfasts: a delightfully dizzying array of Danish pastry swirls, eggs and bacon… and mountains of golden madeleines, which have occupied my mind ever since.
Continue reading Madeleines Recipe
Malevich at the Tate Modern
It’s in the Bag…
Inspired by the ‘Glamour On The Go’ exhibition I thought I would share the contents of my bag and makeup bag when I’m out for the day covering a story. No one should cart around such an exhaustive makeup kit worthy of a massive Zuca makeup bag (unless of course you’re an actual makeup artist, in which case go right ahead!) so I’ve pared down the contents to the absolute essentials. Some days I’ll be carting around what feels like half of Boots in my bag and then I’ll do a clear out, always keeping the same, carefully curated goods each time.
Continue reading It’s in the Bag…
Glamour On The Go Exhibition
I wrote this for the Essential Surrey website – essentialsurrey.co.uk.
Our choice of make-up reveals interesting little things about us, while paradoxically covering us up. Trends in cosmetics reinforce current beauty ideals, social attitudes and economic conditions. With this truism in mind, an exhibition that explores the evolution of make-up and its shifting form and function is surely the most glamorous way to track and digest these changes.
Continue reading Glamour On The Go Exhibition
Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe
One for chocolate chompers. I’ve made this recipe so many times and it’s always a success as it’s so easy. Light, fluffy vanilla sponge topped with rich sweet chocolate icing. Divine!
Continue reading Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe
