I have been packing books away this morning – we are having some building work done in the house and I don’t want my books to get messy – and I came across what I call my private ‘Egyptian Library’.I fell in love with Egypt and its history when I was… more »

Forget Lady Gaga. If fashion history has a truly fearless, eccentric style icon, it is Italian fashion doyenne Anna Piaggi, who sadly passed away today at almost 90 year of age.Originally a translator for Italian publishing house Mondadori, Piaggi ma… more »

There was much fuss in the media this week about David and Samantha Cameron forgetting their daughter in a pub after Sunday lunch. We’ve all forgotten keys, mobile phones and even laptops but… your own child? How does that happen? Well, we saw it in… more »

Not since Linda Evangelista, Nadège du Bospertous and Stella Tennant in the 1990s, had I come across another short-haired brunette making it to the top in the modelling industry. I’m talking about Dutch beauty Saskia de Brauw.I first spotted Sask… more »

Not happy with floral prints every spring/summer, fashion designers have now extended their love of camellias, dahlias, daisies, gerberas, roses, tulips and other ‘blooming’ flowers to their winter collections.Don’t get me wrong, I do love flowers bu… more »