-
Recent Posts
Categories
- Arts & Culture (94)
- Books (7)
- Fashion (32)
- Food & Wine (28)
- Health & Beauty (23)
- Home Page (60)
- Travel (68)
Follow me on Twitter
- Not much longer to wait: #BeforeMidnight guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jun/… 12 hours ago
- One of my favourite books: #TheWhiteAlbum #JoanDidion julieeagleton.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/the… 12 hours ago
- Two red dots for my talented friend #MargueriteHorner at the RA Summer Exhibition @royalacademy http://t.co/8YijH7Y71p 3 days ago
Tags
Alexander McQueen Andy Warhol Bridlington Buckingham Palace Chanel Chris Blackwell Cleopatra Coco Chanel Cotswolds Damien Hirst David Bailey David Hockney David Lynch Elizabeth Taylor F. Scott Fitzgerald Firefly Francis Ford Coppola Goldeneye Hardy Amies Ian Fleming Island Records Jamaica James Bond James Dean Joan Collins Los Angeles Marilyn Monroe Marrakech Matisse Morocco National Portrait Gallery New York Palm Springs Paris Picasso Prestat Queen Victoria Richard Burton Royal Wedding Sofia Coppola Spa The Queen V&A Vogue Yoko OnoArchives
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
Blogroll
- Alexander McQueen
- Chanel
- Claridges
- Condé Nast Traveller
- Condé Nast Traveller India
- Coutts Woman
- Departures
- Elle
- Elle India
- Food and Travel
- Harpers Bazaar
- High Life
- Le Magazine
- Living France
- Nuvo
- Prestat
- Ski and Board
- The British Monarchy
- The Daily Telegraph
- The Independent
- The Royal Collection
- The Sunday Herald
- The Times
- Vogue
- Vogue India
Category Archives: Health & Beauty
Sleep-In Rollers
Sleep-In Rollers are causing quite a stir at present. I can’t seem to pick up a women’s magazine without reading a feature which proclaims their nothing short of miraculous qualities. Claiming to turn slightly harassed locks into perfect, Old Hollywood bouncy … Continue reading
Bravura Dermaflannel
Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it’s up to you to merit the face you have at fifty. – Coco Chanel I know many women who swear by chemical peels, but I have never been tempted to try … Continue reading
Watsu at the Thermae Bath Spa
q11 Continue reading
Posted in Health & Beauty
Tagged Bath, Celtics, City of Bath, dropsy, Elizabeth I, Georgians, gout, Hetling and Cross Spring, Hot Bath, King, Prince Bladud, Romans, Saxons, Ted Hughes, Thermae Bath Spa, Watsu
Leave a comment
Four Seasons Hotel, Hampshire
Four Seasons Hotel, Hampshire, sits in the most glorious 500 acres of unspoilt parkland in rural Dogmersfield, just an hour’s drive away from London making it the perfect weekend country escape. When I visited a couple of weeks ago, I … Continue reading
Transforming Lives From Within Benefit Gala Dinner, David Lynch Foundation UK
Last week I was delighted to attend the Transforming Lives From Within benefit gala dinner; the first of its kind for the David Lynch Foundation UK at the Underglobe, a quite magical space under Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. The David Lynch … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & Culture, Health & Beauty
Tagged Catching The Big Fish: Meditation, Charity Buzz, Consciousness and Creativity, David Lynch, David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness Based Education and World Peace, David Lynch Foundation Gala Dinner, David Lynch Foundation UK, DLF Peace Award, DLF UK, James McCartney, Jamie Breese, Leighton Stagg, PTSD, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Steve Bindon, The Charlatans, Tim Burgess, Tim Peaks, Transcendental Meditation, Transcendental Music Label, Underglobe
3 Comments
Blue Lagoon, Iceland
The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland, and certainly always one of my favourite things to do when visiting the country. The spa is located in a lava field in Grindavik on the … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Beauty, Travel
Tagged Blue Lagoon, geothermal, Grindavik, Iceland, Imagine Peace Tower, Rekjanes Peninsula, Reykjavik, Yoko Ono
Leave a comment
MediCinema
One of the charities closest to my heart is MediCinema. This brilliant organisation installs and manages permanent state-of-the-art cinemas within hospitals, screening the very latest film releases for patients and their families. The cinemas are built to comfortably accommodate wheelchairs … Continue reading
Strawberry Hill, Jamaica
The ascent to Strawberry Hill is one of the most thrilling rides ever. Leaving the oppressive heat of Kingston behind, winding upwards through the narrow roads, lush green vegetation and occasional hairpin bend of Jamaica’s Blue Mountains to an elevation … Continue reading
Meditation Creativity Peace: A Documentary of David Lynch’s 16 Country Tour
- The human mind will not be confined to any limits. – Johan Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 – 1832 Last week I attended the British premiere of an inspiring new documentary: Meditation Creativity Peace featuring the film director David Lynch. Presented … Continue reading
Africology Travel Kit
Any frequent traveller knows that it’s easy to travel light. That is, until the final stage of packing, when the toiletries are added to the case. Then all the good work and restraint is immediately undone, as one usually has to sit on the … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Beauty, Travel
Tagged Africologu Travel Kit, Africology, Africology Spa
Leave a comment
