Thank God that’s all over. 2017 sucked majorly; a year of stress, bereavement, and what felt very much like running to stand still. I’ve lost count of the number of people I’ve spoken with who found last year really difficult. So, goodbye 2017, don’t let the door hit you in the derrière on the way […]
Got up on Christmas Eve morning and checked my phone. 48 WhatsApp messages. What the hey? Did the only sensible thing and switched the phone off immediately. My plans are to do absolutely nothing useful for the next few days. Answering 48 messages is not on that list. Having made this momentous decision, I managed […]
Goodness gracious, the whole world has gone nuts again. Having survived the extremely dangerous drive from London to the countryside last week, I’m afraid the allure of snow has worn off big time. And can I just say that I was not at all loving the freezing sleet last Monday either. The eternal sunshine of […]
Photos: Port Side mirror:Ed Napper for Harcourt; Night Sky cabinet: West Elm; Twist stool: Tamasine Osher; Ferro Vitro Chandelier: Cox, London. The last couple of weeks have been ridiculously exhausting; I seem to have been deluged by a tsunami of end-of-year work madness, with everyone rushing around like lunatics. I’ve had one day off in […]
I can’t believe it but Rome is dangerously close to edging Florence out of my list of favourite places in Italy. For a start, the food is cheaper and the people are better-dressed. They’re not as chic as the Milanese, but then who is? Milanese policewoman wear high-heeled boots for crying out loud. It must […]
