The Magic of Mushrooms
Mushrooms are a bit ‘Marmite’ when it comes to enjoying them as a food. Some gourmets are evangelical about the delights of foraging and cooking funghi – but I must admit until recently, I was not par...
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Editorial - Lifestyle
Surrounded by Beauty
Having hibernated in my London flat for most of this year, I managed to escape for a few days last week to a yoga retreat in Switzerland. I must admit, I was expecting something austere – I had pictur...
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Feet on the Ground
At an Ayurvedic retreat in India recently, it was recommended that I walk on the grass barefoot. Later when I was wandering around the garden, post thunderstorm, it felt a tad awkward to discard my f...
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How Are You Eating?
Most of the time, I eat in an extremely hurried way. I try to start the day with a leisurely breakfast, but that rarely happens (need to get to work, deadline to meet, phone calls to make, bills to pa...
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Get In Touch
Many of us think of massage as something pampering, an occasional treat or something we book if and when we ever have time to go to a spa. We might understand the physical benefits of manipulating m...
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Under Our Skin – Inner Beauty
For me beauty has always meant beyond the superficial. Of course, we can see it as a commercialised industry – and it is. In 2012 in the UK, we spent nearly £8,438 million on fragrance, make-up, skin...
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