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That was the week.........
This week I mainly .......ate cake at Ottolenghi's...... sublimeworked with Ralph Fiennes...... great voice, beautiful eyes, utterly charmingand had dinner at the Afghan Kitchen in Islington.........
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Brought to book.........
It's taken me a year to read a book. Over a year. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen; it's a great brick of a hardback book but a year is a long time."You must read this," a friend had said, giving it to me,...
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Grow up........
I went to a 60th birthday party and she's not one of my parents' friends she's my friend.....when did my friends start turning 60? I made (almost) 60 cupcakes, to take with me, using Lily Vanilli's...
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Movie magic.......
It's not just 007 who's confused by the modern world. While standing on the platform waiting for the tube train, I read an advert on the wall opposite and honestly I understood not one word. I think it...
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Thank you and…….
When I lived in America the one holiday ..... the name given to any day of mass celebration...... I really embraced was Thanks Giving. It’s brilliant. Absolutely everybody goes to see family and if...
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Putting the freshness back.....
In an effort to improve my lot ……. and my home….. I have embarked on a house-cleaning program. By anyone’s standards, my cleaning abilities are not good and rarely put to the test: the Hoover fights...
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We need to talk about Nigel......
….. Nigel Slater that is. I’ve been watching his show, Friday evenings on BBC1, his Kitchen Diaries. And I’m getting a bit obsessed. Ever since I read in his book: Real Food, that the best thing to do...
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Ho Ho.....hum
The halls are decked.....with giant, tissue oh-so-on-trend paper balls......the pies are baked.....the cards are made....4 years at art college not wasted...... the tree is in.....the chili jam.......
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Brought to book........
I hope you all had a happy Christmas or at least got through it in one piece. I spent most of it on the sofa with Rupert Everett. Having enjoyed his first biography, Red Carpets And Other Banana Skins,...
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Spice Girl......
OK……… traditionally this is a frugal time of year. I don’t much like January and I really don’t like February. I just want to stay in, stay warm, stay on the sofa and watch movies. And eat delicious...
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Blonde ambition.......
I’ve been thinking, it must be quite nice when you’re old and grey, to be blonde. Now, I do realise I’m in the lucky position of being a bit old but not having any grey hair …….. well about 5 around...
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We need to talk about .....Jane
Jane Birkin that is. Now 66, she took the stage by storm at the Cadogan Hall last night, a fab venue incidentally, and sang Serge. Again. This time with a Japanese band of four: piano, violin, trumpet...
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Bonjour tristesse......
I'm cold. I have a sore throat. It won't turn into a cold and it won't go away. It fades in and out. Some mornings it's gone and then it comes back. Outside it's trying to snow but only managing to...
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Homemade gift no.29
Can there be any greater gift than the gift of homemade baked goods? Well yes there can: a trip to Paris, a pair of Dinny Hall tiered smokey quartz earrings, dinner at The Wolseley ....... the list is...
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A shoe in.........
I’ve never ever bought a pair of white shoes ….. before. Wearing white is, as I’ve mentioned previously, not something I do naturally. If I try to wear anything white other people’s ketchup lands on...
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Spring to mind......
This week I dog-sat Olive the baby whippet........The sun shone........ Spring began to spring...... and I made a Mother's Day card.........4 years at art college not wasted............'People were...
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Oh no it looks like..........
What can I say........Stay in, stay warm, stay well.......Top tip: rhubarb is in the shops, go crumble.
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One a penny, two a penny.......
This week I kept chilly spirits up by going to see.........Dreamthinkspeak's, In The Beginning Was The End, at Somerset House, well underneath Somerset House. They create site-specific theatre and if...
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Enough already......
Honestly, I've had enough of this.....and I want some of this.....Young at heart is away.......Top tip:live in a warm climate.
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Greece is the word......
I went to Greece on an unexpected holiday and as expected, it was beautiful. We flew to Kefalonia with a plan to go straight to Ithica but due to a ferry strike we had to wait a day. So we spent the...
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