Goodbye To The Garden Pharmacy Of Earthly Delights: HELLO! To The Garden Online The Garden Pharmacy in Long Acre closed its doors for the last time on March 21st this year, which means that London has lost an Read More »
Christmas Give and Take – Child-appropriate Beauty Gifts I have two guiding principles when buying gifts: (1) never buy anything that you wouldn’t like to receive yourself and (2) If you live with Read More »
Come Into The Garden, Maud Some very smart businesses now operate in Covent Garden, and it feels once more like a bit of a destination. Back in the ’90s it Read More »
Oh Me of Little Faith … Do you remember me bewailing the lack of French hairpins in London? I bewailed it here, in French Chignons Are Beautiful Thanks To These. I Read More »
Dearest Father Christmas … … could you see your way to making my Christmas wishes come true? I think I’ve been good. 1. Please, please let CHANEL decide to Read More »
Little Blue Boxes ‘In tombs of gold and lapis lazuli / Bodies of holy men and women exude / Miraculous oil, odour of violet…’ W.B. Yeats, ‘Oil And Read More »