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Pageantry Fashion and Even the Odd Horse: Ascot

By On Thursday, 11 July 2013

I know I have wittered on before about how much I love a hat, but it just so happened that this year Royal Ascot was on at the same time that I was back… Read More

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Finding Shade on a Tropical Beach (Without Looking Like a Pasty Loser)

By On Friday, 5 July 2013

I am pale. I am so pale that people always used to want to stand next to me in school photographs (being pale in England is the opposite of being pale here,… Read More

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A Retox vs a Detox Holiday

By On Thursday, 4 July 2013

I am vaguely aware that there are some people in this world who go on these wonderful sounding things called detox holidays. Whilst I don’t doubt that they must be pretty awful when… Read More

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Giffords Circus

By On Friday, 28 June 2013

While I am over here in England, I’m using my trip as a great excuse to say yes to everything I get asked to do. The more english it happens to be,… Read More

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Asparagus Season

By On Saturday, 15 June 2013

“It’s glacial…get my fur, will you?” may have been a line delivered by Maggie Smith in Gosford Park (recently re-watched, can you tell?) but it also sums up how I’m feeling, having… Read More

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Vintage Fair

By On Thursday, 4 April 2013

As one of my more geli (if that word makes no sense to you, read it as squeamish) friends said to me when I was bemoaning the lack of vintage dress shops… Read More

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Happy Easter

By On Monday, 1 April 2013

There is something lovely about Easter time. Winter is officially over, (even if it is still as cold as hell over in England right now) daffodils – one of my favorite flowers… Read More