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LLG Design: Anya Hindmarch two-way diary launch

December 14, 2011 Accessories

I’ve had some unusual invitations in my time, but being asked along to eat lunch at a London cabbies’ shelter  back in September was definitely a standout first. The lovely Anya Hindmarch has long been fascinated by the secret world that goes on behind the doors of the shelters, where cabbies convene to eat a […]

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The Red magazine Red Hot Women Awards 2011: Part One

November 25, 2011 Events

Wednesday morning may have been all about Samantha Cameron’s reception for Red magazine’s Red Hot Women of the Year awards, but the afternoon was all about the awards ceremony itself. I was nominated for Blogger of the Year.

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Going Out: Hemstock Festival, the Festival on the Farm in Dorset

September 13, 2011 Culture

It’s nearly the end of this summer’s festival season. But there is one left…if you aren’t at London Fashion Week over the weekend, then I suggest you head on down to Dorset for Hemstock, a one day “festival on the farm” on Saturday the 17th Sept, at West Chelborough, near Dorchester, in Dorset. In particular because […]

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Books: The MS Readathon for my Australian Readers

September 9, 2011 Books & writers

“The MS Readathon, the iconic children’s reading-based fundraiser, is calling for literary-minded adults to get involved and raise much-needed funds for multiple sclerosis. Take up The Novel Challenge and register yourself – or, if you’re a member of a book-club, join as a team!” I’m a bit late on this, as obviously I don’t live […]

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A Durham Cathedral Wedding: Julian & Cathy

August 15, 2011 Events

The wedding of one of my oldest friends took place at Durham Cathedral on Saturday afternoon. I was sixteen & Julian fifteen when we met at boarding school, both indie kids with a sub to the NME and a penchant for music festivals. Many years later, we are still good friends, with a penchant for […]

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Barbour Polo day at Coworth Park

July 28, 2011 Events

I mentioned briefly the other day that I had been to play polo. That may have been a slight exaggeration, given my physical prowess on the sporting field. What I did do was go to the ravishing Coworth Park for the day, under the aegis of the lovely people at Barbour to have a polo […]

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LLG Plays: Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup Polo at Cowdray Park

July 23, 2011 Events

(Watching the match with my girlfriends. Unposed, I promise.) Last Sunday I broke my no events at the weekend rule and headed two hours south of London to Cowdray Park, just outside Midhurst in Sussex for the Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup final. It didn’t just rain on the way there, it bucketed down so hard […]

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Veuve Clicquot Polo Gold Cup at Cowdray Park: What we ate

July 19, 2011 Events

I think we’ve all eaten dull catered food. The rubber chicken of legend, the endless goats cheese salads, claggy risotto, brutalised lamb…weddings (sorry dear friends) are the worst offenders, but work dos come a close second. But occasionally, very occasionally the client/PR/caterer symbiosis produces something really clever. And by clever I mean intelligent food that […]

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Guest Blog: Pamflet Salon by Katie Rose

June 2, 2011 Events

Last night at Drink, Shop & Do Phoebe Frangoul and Anna-Marie Fitzgerald aka Pamflet hosted the second Pamflet Salon FOOD FIGHT!  A kind of book club with cake and gossip, each salon sees an author they admire speak about their work before a group discussion about a piece of fiction.

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Guest blog: Mulberry book launch at Start London by Katie Rose

May 17, 2011 Events

Whilst I’m in Singapore Briony & Katie are holding the LLG fort back in London. As Katie is an East Londoner, I sent her off to eat cake with Brix in E1…Here’s her party report, her first post for LLG: When Brix Smith-Start moved to Shoreditch from Notting Hill with husband Philip Start in the […]

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