Shopping, Palm Reading and Whatever Else in KL Central Market
A trip to KL is not complete without a wander through the art deco confines of Central Market. It’s been modernised since my first visit, about ten years ago now, when it… Read More
A Haven in the Heart of KL
I’m in KL, very near KLCC – KL City Centre for the uninitiated – yet all I can hear is the gentle splash of fountains and bird song. Well, almost (truck rumbles… Read More
Pageantry Fashion and Even the Odd Horse: Ascot
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
Finding Shade on a Tropical Beach (Without Looking Like a Pasty Loser)
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
Giffords Circus
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
Asparagus Season
“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
Vintage Fair
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





















