Off we went the other day to see the new David Hockney exhibition at the Royal Academy. I admit I pressed buttons a bit at random when I got the email about the show – I’ve been caught out before and not been able to get tickets when I’ve been slow off the mark. If …
Went to see a rather likeable film at the weekend – The Nice Guys with Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling. Ryan Gosling has the ability to be adorable in everything, no matter how awful the character he plays – rather like a fluffy gosling, in fact, you can forgive him anything. You’ve probably seen the …
We missed the opening of Tate Modern’s new extension because we were away on our super-swanky holiday …. of which more soon …. so I was really pleased to go to the Georgia O’Keeffe exhibition last week and take in the new building at the same time. It turns out that Tate Modern is Child …
Well, thank goodness someone has stepped up to the mark and agreed to take on this battered old country as it tries to recover from the Brexit bodyblow. In the absence of any sort of a response from Labour, we should be thankful for Theresa May’s evident sense of duty and responsibility. The mess isn’t …
It’s no secret that I love skincare. All right, I don’t believe all the promises made for every single product I buy – but yes, I would like a magic wand waved over some dodgy areas. The anti-ageing market in the UK is worth billions – but do any of the products actually work? This …
I had heard about the huge rise in racist incidents since the referendum result, but had airily assumed that it was all happening outside London, in those god-forsaken chunks of the country where people had unaccountably decided that recession, unemployment and knackered pension schemes were what they’d always wanted. But no, it’s happening even here, …
My dears, it’s been an age. Hope you’ve been well and aren’t too downcast by this strange Brexiteering world we’ve been plunged into. I’m sorry I haven’t been here in your hour of need, but I was on important business, having the holiday of a lifetime. I’m not allowed to say any more about that …
Bringing this up is a bit like talking about a bad smell. I don’t really want to … but I feel I must. Yes, it’s that whole Europe business. We’ve now passed from the coma-inducing early stages of campaigning, when absolutely no one wanted to talk about the whole issue except the dullest politicians on …
Sponsored post Such a lovely treat came the other day – a pampering pack from my adorable friends at Cadbury. This blog has been run on Cadbury for years now and, though these days I delegate most of the eating to my extremely eager assistants, I always love to see what those clever Cadbury folk …
A great treat last weekend as I headed off with Child 2 to watch the Jane Austen movie, Love and Friendship. Child 2 was poking her nose briefly into the outside world after a dreary few weeks of revising. I feel such a pang for all the poor 16, 17 and 18 year olds across …