Pearls at the V&A ‘A woman needs ropes and ropes of pearls’ – Coco Chanel Pearls, is a collaborative exhibition between the V&A and...
Feeling Good, Getty Images Gallery Last week we attended Feeling Good, a beautiful photography exhibition currently showing at Getty Images Gallery. Feeling Good is an...
Ian Fleming’s Thrilling Cities ‘All my life I have been interested in adventure and, abroad, I have enjoyed the frisson of leaving the wide,...
The Real Village of Downton – Oxfordshire Cotswolds We’re fortunate to live a beautiful sleepy corner of Oxfordshire, and our neighbouring village is Bampton, a two-minute drive away....
39th American Film Festival – Deauville, Normandy, France Last night, Night Moves, a film about three environmentalists who plot to blow up a dam, took the top prize...
Manoir des Lions de Tourgéville – Deauville, Normandy, France This week we’re on assignment in France, covering the 39th Deauville American Film Festival for a print client. We didn’t...
The Real Casino Royale – Deauville-Trouville, Normandy, France “The formalities of getting into the casino need not deter you. All you need is your passport and a respectable...
Summer Opening at Buckingham Palace: The Queen’s Coronation 1953 ‘Opposite are row upon row of peeresses mounting towards the very roof: They look like a lovely hunk of fruit...
Fashion Rules at Kensington Palace – London We couldn’t make last week’s press viewing of Fashion Rules at Kensington Palace, so took the opportunity yesterday, to spend...
The White Album by Joan Didion We tell ourselves stories in order to live – Joan Didion – We’ve always been a massive fan of Joan...
The Swan Inn – Swinbrook, Oxfordshire always either on a peak of happiness or drowning in black waters of despair they loved or they loathed, they...
Hafod -Y-Garreg, Monmouthshire – Stay at the Oldest House In Wales Hafod-Y-Garreg, just outside Hay-on-Wye, is officially the oldest house in Wales, built from timbers that were felled in the summer...