Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
This is my last blog until the New Year and, as tends to happen, time and energy have run away from me. I shall sign off…
Memories on my windowsill …
I am so sad at present, finding it hard to settle my mind. Monday, I received a call telling me of the shockingly unexpected death of…
Spring Restaurant, Somerset House
Wow. Skye Gyngell’s newly opened Spring Restaurant is so pretty – from the Lyndsey Adelman chandelier in the reception area (image below), via Dinesen oak flooring through…
Assuming the ‘right’?
A couple of weeks ago, I read ‘Until You’ve Wheeled a Mile In My Shoes …’ by Mik Scarlet in the Huff Post. He argues cogently,…
The Raw Beauty Project
Sixteen years of rolling my heels on wheels and still I am surprised – occasionally and pleasantly – by a really upbeat project normalising women and…
Cecconi’s Restaurant
This was not how my weekend was supposed to go … I had tickets for the Anselm Kiefer at The Royal Academy (RA), a parking space…
Visiting the Dorfman Theatre
A week or two back, I went along to a preview of Here Lies Love, the opening production at the newly refurbished Dorfman Theatre, formerly The…
Horst: Photographer of Style
I went along to the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) last weekend to see Horst: The Photography of Style exhibition, on until 4 January 2015. Rather…
Stiletto Wheels 