I went to see such a brilliant performance of Guys and Dolls on Monday night, it’s kept me going all week. It was at the Savoy Theatre, which is tucked away at the side of, and I suppose underneath, the Savoy Hotel. It’s really easy to get to for me, just a stroll from Charing …
It’s been ages since I got a Clinique free gift. We used to get them as often as we could as students – which wasn’t often at all. My flatmate and great friend was a fellow Clinique fan so in theory, we could buy one product each and then split the gift (it’s always been …
Did you hear the Woman’s Hour interview with Sue Klebold, the mother of Columbine killer Dylan Klebold, yesterday? She comes over – and clearly is – an intelligent, thoughtful woman, who had tried to do her best as a mother. It was very troubling, and I realised that I dearly wanted to blame her son’s …
Sponsored post Rather a lovely treat yesterday as I was asked to review the Sunday Times revamp, featuring its all-new and wondrously glossy magazine. Naturally I took this as the perfect excuse to lounge around all day and fob off anyone who asked me to do anything by saying I was engaged on Very Important …
I’ve seen quite a few bits and bobs recently sniping about Marie Kondo, the Japanese decluttering expert. People have been loudly hailing the virtues of keeping their mountains of stuff, and insisting the first item they would get rid of would be Kondo’s book, the Life Changing Magic of Tidying. Well, each to their own, …
Mice have loomed large for us recently. There were bizarre, not to say farcical, scenes on our holiday in Brittany when Child One, Child Two and I ran about screaming for almost half an hour when we spotted a tiny little mouse zipping across their basement bedroom. On my own, I can cope perfectly well …