Category Archives: Friends
First impressions: the prêt à porter (re)collection
The black lace skirt with flesh tinted lining, a pale yellow silk blouse, one richly floral Chinese dress and a pair of black suede heels. These represent a handful of perfect pieces that hold memories, some momentary others momentous but … Continue reading
Posted in Design and architecture, Feminism, Friends, Life and romance, London, PR, Shopping
Tagged architecture, black, boyfriend, cobbler, fashion, floral, frock, garden, launch, pret a porter, restaurant, roses, shoes, skirt
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Feline frolics: an East End speakeasy and a cast of urban cats
It was the shimmering pink feather that gave the game away, nestled within the fronds of her fur. Oro came home after a night out, an exhausted Max following slinkily behind, the coat between his ears curiously flattened. The cat … Continue reading
Posted in Entertaining, Family, Friends, Life and romance, London
Tagged base dale, Bethnal Green, boudoir, cats, Columbia Road, Durant Street, East London, feather boa, Max, MAXI, nightery, nightlife, Oro, rooftop, speakeasy, taxi, tuxedo
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Moving out, moving in: one street and a grand new chapter
“October,” he said. “I’ll need the house back for my daughter.” My landlord sounded vaguely apologetic but businesslike on the phone. I had been his tenant for nearly seven years, moving in a hurry to escape with my daughters from … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Feminism, Friends, Health, Life and romance, London, Motherhood, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged boyfriend, Daughers, evolution, growing-up, happiness, life, motherhood, moving house, parenthood, travel
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Face to a Name: the dementia care revolution unmasked
One rainy January afternoon, I made my way West to meet up with a business colleague for a long overdue exchange of news. Over coffee in the congenial surroundings of Soho House, Jake Arnold Forster described his work with organisations … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Family, Friends, Health, Life and romance, Uncategorized
Tagged Age UK, alzheimers, Alzheimers Society, CareScape, COBIC, dementia, Face to a Name, Forte Medical, healthcare, healthcare campaign, hospital, Many Happy Returns, memory, My Life Software, patient, photographs, revolution, St Frances Hospice Berkhamsted, The Times, This is Me, Whose Shoes, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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A tale of clever women and country cottages.
The charms of a weekend in the country have largely eluded me over thirty years as a Londoner, mainly because I feel safe in these smokey streets. So when invitations to go there began to arrive, I thought long and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Entertaining, Family, Feminism, Food and wine, Friends, Life and romance, London, PR, Shopping, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Aldeburgh, Art, boyfriend, Camerons, Clever women, Cotswolds, country, countryside, education, Girlfriends, intellectual, Kate Moss, Oxfordshire, Ruby Wax, sassy, sculpture, Suffolk, wellies
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The last week in April: 100 midwives and a 50th birthday
My Birthday Cakes by Giorgia Maria Last month I fell in love. I fell in love with Midwives and with Edinburgh. The combination contrived a fitting warm-up act to my birthday celebrations. To be specific, that birthday celebration. Edinburgh is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Family, Feminism, Friends, Life and romance, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged 3Thirty, 50th birthday, April, birth, Bollinger, cakes, Catching Babies, celebration, Comedy, dancing, David Eyre, drugs, female health, Forte Medical, Fringe, Giorgia McAllister, Graham Farnworth, Heart in the Womb, hygiene, Luis Forte, MaMa, Mothers to be, oestrogen, Paella, patisserie, Peezy msu, Roxburghe, Scotch, silversmith
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For the love of a good man (or few)
Men. Don’tcha love’em? I do. In fact, I very do. Why? Well, as my year-end blog housekeeping took me on a walk of posts passim, I noticed that I have mentioned the Beta Boys on a number of occasions. The … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Feminism, Friends, Life and romance, Uncategorized
Tagged Attention, attraction, attractive, Beta Boys, brain, brains, chemistry, Clavicle, collar bone, collarbone, Eric Morecambe, expressive, eyelids, friends, humour, men, Morecambe and Wise, New Year, nostrils, Physical attractiveness, sex, sexism, sexuality, sexy
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The holiday: Gozo far … and find unspoiled heaven
Sunbather from ancient Gozo Excitement mounted as my long awaited, high-pamper-factor, sun-filled holiday hove into view, destination Gozo, a tiny island of the Maltese archipelago, which lies about 80km south of Sicily and 290km north of Africa. As yet unsullied … Continue reading
Posted in Entertaining, Food and wine, Friends, Health, Life and romance, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Food, friends, Gozo, Health, holiday, Malta, sun, Ta'Cenc, Ta'Mena, tan, wine, Xlendi
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