Earlier this week my friend Jessica and I organised a pub night in London for Columbia Journalism School alumnae. Nearly all the attendees graduated within the last few years. Not…
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Be honest. Who actually looks forward to hosting their child’s 18th birthday party? We’ve all heard the war stories – drugs, sex and alcohol, only it’s not far away, it’s…
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I hate to be all about me- but Brexit and birthday in the same week? Not to mention so much rain that I checked Amazon for 1-Click Ark delivery. But…
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So the moment had arrived. It was my son Thomas’s college graduation dinner ten days ago. It was time for me to stand up and “say a few words.” How…
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This week I went to a talk by the ever-feisty, 77 year-old Australian feminist Germaine Greer. She said women become invisible post-50, that we need to support each other more,…
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Relationships are rarely easy. Try throwing an ocean in the mix. For anyone considering following in the footsteps of George & Amal, Edward and Wallis, Sid and Nancy (that one…
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It’s a typical day in London in early March – cold, grim, grey – so no wonder my mind is leaping to warm, lazy summer. And obvs, what to wear.…
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Well, there’s nothing like having your grown children home for Thanksgiving to remind you that Christmas is just around the corner, and it’s time to get cracking. Here’s my eldest…
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I love the idea of this show, “Art as Therapy” at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. Guest curators Alain de Botton and John Armstrong have created new, more meaningful captions for 150 works…
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Ever since I moved to Manhattan in the mid-1980’s I have loved reading anything by American writer Anna Quindlen. She’s smart, intuitive, wise and has a way of expressing herself…
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