Love me, love my pet
Could your beloved pet be costing you your love life? It could be time to exchange puppy love for true love. Read more
 
 

You have got to watch this. In 1969 Marv Newland wrote Bambi Meets Godzilla, proving that satire rocks through the ages. Stick around for the end credits, very good. An oldie and a goodie.
 

 

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Aug 08

 

Destinations visited recently:  Aruba, The Maldives, Isle of Man; Far North Queensland, Australia; Northern Portugal; Malta; San Francisco, U.S.A.; Scotland; Szechin, Poland; Reims, France 

Journeys planned 2008/9: Perthshire, Scotland; Various cities, Pakistan; Canada; N.Z./Australia; Turkey

 

If you’re an editor who would like a travel, food & drink or cultural piece on any of the destinations above, do email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  I am also available for short notice commissions to any destination (excluding war zones). Have British passport, was born in Lahore but managed to convince Polish customs that Lahore is in Hertfordshire so usually fine to travel anywhere. Even the Americans occasionally let me in.

 
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Read my articles in:

  • Natural Health & Beauty- September issue (Timeline therapy review), October issue (happiness feature)
  • The London Paper - Soon-ish (Portugal travel piece)
  • Asiana - regular column on issues affecting Asians
  • Metro - Various articles on education for the supplements this Summer & the occasional book review
  • Spirit & Destiny - relationships feature in October issue
  • South China Morning Post - Entree feature on travel page
 

 

If it’s pre-1960s in style or to do with cooking or cleaning, my retro and vintage blog will find it, review it and make you nostalgic for it.

Bun in the oven

I like the idea of baking my own bread. Of course it's a complete fantasy; like most of my domestic efforts, I'll emerge exhausted and covered in flour with nothing to show for my diligence but a wonky shaped rock hard brick that might be...
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888 - number of the beaute

Today is the 8th of the 8th of 2008 and, like some Damien from new and improved Omen V.2, we get to celebrate Elizabeth Arden’s Eight Hour Cream. Except it’s not a cream, it’s more a gel, a thick gel with a strange spicy smell. I...
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Prohibition fun

I've finally returned from an excessive amount of travel to discover that London's retro scene is really jumping again. A new vintage hairdressers in Bermondsey apparently (more on that once I get to investigate), Nina's Vintage and...
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Eat this

I'm a beauty product addict but a lot of the stuff I buy just sits there gathering dust because either it doesn't feel right on the skin or the smell isn't quite right or it simply doesn't work. That's why when something does...
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Woo-hoo - Summer's here!

Folklore has it that summer isn't here until the elderflowers are out but, on a day like this, cracking open the elderflower cordial is good enough for me. Cordial is so quintessentially English, I expect to be deported each time I drink it. My...
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The loveliest things in the world No.1

I once read somewhere (probably in a glossy magazine read by women whose greatest issue is whether the botox will leak downwards) that sleeping on silk pillows was a good way to keep wrinkles to a minimum. What a dull and stupid reason to sleep on...
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I wish I'd said...

"It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important." Doris Lessing
 

My Oscar Speech

Thank you: Ma and Pa for everything from birth onwards; Heathcliffe for designing this kick-ass site; Isy for being the best agent in the world; Anthony Butler for my main pic; Alex Bourdelon for casting her experienced eye over the site and also thank you to all the photographers who I have tried to credit where I knew their names. If your image is on here and I got it from a picture agency subscription, drop me a line and I’ll credit you and link back to your site.

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Buying and selling books
, Joel,
Isy (my literary agent)
, Stalkee,
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Andy
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