The new editor of Tatler was ‘made for the job’ — for her friends and colleagues she epitomises the magazine. Marsha Dunstan on the rise of original It girl Kate Reardon... more
This week, I feel rather got at. According to Jonathon Porritt, by having a third child I have contributed to the destruction of the planet (even though this tiny person wears hand-me-downs and eats leftovers)... more
ES Magazine's spies at the couture shows in Paris report that the atmosphere is "febrile" and that new clients are jostling with each other for the best seats... more
Before Christmas, a striking rug was featured in ES Magazine: "Keep Calm and Carry On", it read. Something about its clean typography and modest yet powerful message struck a chord ... more
A splendid neuroscientist from Virginia has come up with a refreshingly positive theory researched on rats and primates, but let's not split hairs that after a wobbly patch of pregnancy head, mothers do in fact have supercharged brains, for life.... more
I have a guilty secret: I am a mall lover. I'm not even that fussy. When I lived in W2, Whiteley's was the object of my affections, even though it has a ropey past (this was before Café Anglais and Food Inc) and half the shops were empty, or discount suitcase emporiums. That didn't stop me drifting round the floors for hours in a daze... more
When my five-year-old daughter asked her tennis instructor, Rocco, to come on holiday with us so that she could have constant tutoring, I actually started thinking about how it might work... more
Last night BBC's Panorama showed children making clothes for Primark, reminding us that those prices are too good to be true - Indian children being even more cost-effective than their beloved "economies of scale" - and also of the power of investigative journalism.... more
I think the managing editor of this paper would take a dim view if I tried to claim childcare on expenses but then he wouldn't be very happy if I stung him for half of John Lewis's kitchen department either.... more
Six tiaras for £2.25, a pink, blue or lilac ballgown for £39.99 and a cardboard Princess stagecoach lunch box (the drink goes where the carriage is, the sandwiches where the footman sat) ...... more
Six tiaras for £2.25, a pink, blue or lilac ballgown for £39.99 and a cardboard Princess stagecoach lunch box (the drink goes where the carriage is, the sandwiches where the footman sat) ... These discount Princess wares are available at the Middleton parents' exhaustive party accessory website, Party Pieces.... more
Anyone who comes for a job interview at ES magazine is scrutinised. How well do they know the magazine? Are they articulate, full of ideas, plucky under pressure? I have begun to fancy myself as an interview pro; perceptive, with rigorous standards.... more
Carole Caplin, a one-time topless model, was befriended by an exhausted Cherie Blair so that she could realign her chakras and facilitate discounts with obscure designers.... more
Apparently the country is full of people with a middle-class lifestyle and a working-class income, according to a new report: their school fees, big-label clothes and holidays are fuelled by credit cards, loans and mortgages.... more
Superwoman Nicola Horlick gave an interview to this paper yesterday and lived up to her name. She has built up her own asset management company but it's her powers of organising her family that are truly awesome.... more
A new report on parenting ? even the use of the word as a verb makes many wince ? declares that the mothers of modern mothers are secretly appalled by their daughters.... more
The Northern Irish are trying to make skiving off at home a crime. A proposed Bill of Rights says that if you don't do your part, you are breaching your partner's constitutional rights.... more
Syd, our local Armenian butcher, sells high-quality, good-value meat to chefs like Skye Gyngell and Simon Hopkinson, the local council estate and the groomed mothers of Brook Green. But on Saturday, he is packing up his unpretentious shop after 34 years, having failed to agree a sale price for it from Hammersmith and Fulham council.... more
How scientists love to tell us how stupid we are. This week, hot on the heels of Delia Smith's antiorganic comments, BBC2's Horizon is telling us that there is "little evidence" that non-organic foods are harmful. Well, Horizon, I don't care.
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