Cool To Be Kind
The place was rammed. Friday night, late November, a gallery on Duke Street in St James, central London. Inside home counties couples and groups of W11 women shuffled through the small space, strain...
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Editorial - Jackie Annesley
The Kitten, The Vet And The Pet That Made Our Family Happier
“So she’s … dead?” The young Australian vet looked at me with red eyes. “I’ve never had this happen to me before,” he half whispered, as if reading my look of alarm. A silence hung between us as we...
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The Fifty-Somethings Guide To Party Season Make-Up
I found a picture of myself the other day on a random iCloud app on my phone. (You know that thing you pay Apple for monthly and you haven’t really a clue what it’s for.) It was among loads of old pap...
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Beauty Confessions Of A 56 Year Old
Hello 56, who the hell let you in? One minute you’re a dimple-cheeked forty something who could get away with being several years younger and the next you mistakenly press FaceTime and this scary app...
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Why Is It So Hard To Find The Perfect Nightwear?
It began with a pair of Ladybird’s, I’m pretty sure of that. In a cosy brushed cotton with little flower motifs. It wasn’t like there was a whole lot of choice back then – I mean are they even still a...
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Dear iPhone, You Are Seriously Annoying
Dear iPhone. I used to quite like you. When you were really new, all rose gold and box fresh, a 6S Plus in full working order with a massive 128GB of memory. Which wasn’t that long ago in the great...
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