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Engagement Party

Engagement Party

Two weekends ago, Julien and I finally got round to celebrating our engagement with 40 of our nearest and dearest at one o…

Piedmont, Italy

Piedmont, Italy

Last summer, my brother and I surprised our Dad by booking flights to Italy and a villa in Piedmont for a relaxing long we…

Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni

A few weeks ago, I attended a performance of Kasper Holten’s rather unusual revival of Don Giovanni at one of my favourite…

Miraflores, Lima

Miraflores, Lima

I'm casting my mind back to last spring for the final post about our trip to Peru , when we travelled from Lima to Lak…

Purple Crystal

Purple Crystal

I've always had a soft spot for coloured crystal and glass, and have a few vases, jugs and votives in calming blues and…

Balance

Balance

Love this quote from the author of Yoga Girl, Rachel Brathen

Hollywood Flawless Filter

Hollywood Flawless Filter

The makeup product you didn't know you needed: Charlotte Tilbury's Hollywood Flawless Filter . Charlotte Ti…

Monet & Architecture

Monet & Architecture

The impressionist artist Claude Monet (1840-1926) is best known for his brilliant landscape paintings of the French coun…

Chelsea Flower Show

Chelsea Flower Show

There's no better way to celebrate the start of the British summer than visiting the Chelsea Flower Show .  I spent a l…

Dive in

Dive in

Jerry Hall, shot by Norman Parkinson in 1975