Broadcaster, Author, Mother
You heard it here first! Just spent five family days in Lyme Regis …. fossilling, ice creams on the Cobb, kite flying and skimming pebbles. Have been visiting Lyme for the last ten years and AT LAST there is somewhere gorgeous to eat. Mark Hix (of The Oyster and Chop House and The Albemarle) has [...]
Tue, April 28 2009 » My blog » Comments Off
Today I got knocked over by a cyclist as I crossed a busy road at a pedestrian crossing while the green man was lit and the traffic had a red light. Of course he didnt stop….. and I was too shocked to react until he was off in the distance with barely a backwards glance. [...]
Thu, October 30 2008 » My blog » Comments Off
Why is it those “please sponsor me” emails just keep on clonking into my inbox. Do I have one of those charitable faces? Not anymore I dont…. having discovered how it works:
“When someone makes a donation, we reclaim Gift Aid on it, plus a supplement from the government, making the total donation even bigger.
We charge [...]
Tue, October 14 2008 » My blog » Comments Off
Closet Kareoke queen and beautiful “mum-at-school-gates” had a fantastic party to celebrate her 40th last night. Every woman in the room fell in love with her husband for the way he had put together the most glorious bash…….. lush lounge location with cool cocktails and canapes, loving retrospective footage and a declaration of adoration and [...]
Sun, September 28 2008 » My blog » Comments Off
While the big banks are a weeping and a wailing…… I am waiting for the impact of this global meltdown to my own back yard…… And it will happen soon…. restaurants and shops are going to have to be leaner and keaner than ever to survive. I can lay down a few little local predictions….. [...]
Sat, September 27 2008 » My blog » Comments Off
Went to the official launch of Escala last night. These were the five long legged violinists who recently made it big time through a reality show….. they have slightly all merged into one for me… although I know they weren’t ice skating! Tiffany, Natasha, Claudia etc etc have been plucked from their boarding school gates, passed through [...]
Thu, September 25 2008 » My blog » Comments Off
Working title of new book ….. aimed at the millions who suffer from back pain and are scared stiff that the gym is going to make it worse.
Have done a week and a half on the Power Plate - and my back loves it!!!! Going to go the the Power Plate Accademy next week for [...]
Mon, September 22 2008 » My blog » Comments Off
It really bugs me that on Amazon you can review a book and say whatever the hell you like or dislike about it….. make up any sort of tosh and ping it appears right underneath the book on its sale page.
I emailed Amazon to tell them that the claims that I was staffed up to [...]
Mon, September 22 2008 » My blog » Comments Off
Had girls in the school pool for swimming club by 9.15 on Sunday morning……by 10am P was crying to come out….. I swore I wouldnt do this kind of thing to them. I have got sucked into the London School system.
Made huge batch of very pink fairy cakes to make it up to them…. and took [...]
Mon, September 22 2008 » My blog » Comments Off
You could never call The Goring Hotel in St James…. the most hyped and happening place in London at the moment. It’s not exactly a daily or even nocturnal hang out for the paps…. so how come on a chilly Thursday evening in September; Baroness Thatcher, Honor Blackman, Paul O’Grady, Marie Helvin and others are to be [...]
Thu, September 18 2008 » My blog » Comments Off