I am embracing Christmas at this stage – but everywhere I look – I am curio-struck, SO I couldn’t resist… Clockwise-ish from top left: House of Hackney tray for Christmas drinks, features woodland animals engaged in cultural activities, very curio. … Continue reading
The RA’s Summer Show, I went with my mother a few years ago and it is an extraordinary spectacle of uber-britshness: up-from-the-country, hand bags at the ready, culture-specs on. I felt a little hemmed in by the future: nothing like … Continue reading
The party of the century, and what did they all wear – masks. Elegant, sexy, tongue in cheek… miaow. At Truman Capote’s black and white ball those SWANS got their feathers ruffled. But the cat who really caught my attention … Continue reading
My daughter arrived home yesterday and announced ‘Today is the first day of spring – we can have a picnic!’. I had to disappoint, shuddering in the Siberian wind chill, which has penetrated even the kitchen’s aga warmth. But it … Continue reading
