Last night was so much fun. First we headed down to the launch of Avalon bar on Shoreditch high street. The venue was awesome, really decadent and beautiful with gorgeous velvet arm chairs and luxury chezlongs. The cocktails, dim sum and cupcakes went down a treat and a brilliant performance from Rox was loved by everyone. [...]
I’d been having a right mare of a day. Everything seemed to be all doom and gloom with no silver linings. You know the ones? Crap news, followed by no clean socks and that last pitiful drop of milk in your tea. Everything just seemed dire.
So when I rocked up to Shoreditch House for Wired [...]
I just spent a week in Mexico with my two gal pals Tash and Lani. It was so much fun, completely relaxing and idyllic. We spent the first four nights in a beautiful luxury resort in Playa Del Carmen. It was so plush with ridiculous amounts of food and drink, an amazing room with our [...]
I really hope 2010 is a great year. I have some basic resolutions like to eat healthier, drink more water, less alcohol and work out more. I’d like to up my running in the summer and complete a race – even if it’s just 10k.
I want to have more self belief and drive. I want to push [...]
I have a bit of a bad habit of collecting jewelry. I own much more than I need and I forget about half of it most of the time. But I just get suckered in by cute adornments. I get most my stuff from markets – usual places like Camden and Portobello. But I also [...]
I know over-knee boots are everywhere this winter but I’m not quite brave enough to wear them just yet. And as my friend Tracey pointed out they are essentially just crotchless trousers – which I’m not sure is really appropriate for the day!
So instead I’ve been embracing knee socks in a big way. This week I [...]
Yesterday I went to see the Hugh Hughes play Story of a Rabbit.
When Hugh finds his neighbour’s rabbit lying dead in his garden, the only sensible thing to do is to put it in a box. But it doesn’t fit. As he puzzles over what to do with the body he starts to wonder how [...]
Today I am officially a grown up! I’ve just realised that the date is Halloween which is a bit of a spooky sign. Does that mean that being grown is scary? Er hell yes it does.
But today I am definitely grown. I woke up on this Saturday at a very reasonable time (10:30am) and proceeded [...]
See the article on BBC Slink here
Michelle Sultan has been a professional hair dresser for years and is quite literally a stylist to the stars.
Her clients include Alesha Dixon, Kelly Rowland and Solange Knowles. She’s also done hair for The Brits, The X Factor and I’d Do Anything, so it’s safe to say she knows [...]
Jo Neary’s Little Moments
Neary definitely has an eye for spotting the funny foibles of the people she encounters and this is what makes her performances so convincing. Starting the show with a reading from her teenage diary, Neary already had the audience onside before she launched into a series of monologues from a host of [...]
I was unfortunate enough to work for a large coffee chain for several years. Now let’s get something straight this was not because I was stupid and ignorant.
It was because I was funding myself through my studies and had a mother who taught me the value of money.
The trouble is some customers don’t see this. [...]
By Aissetou N’Gom, Financial Times
Published: Aug 26, 2006
And so to autumn. Like it or not, if you don’t get ready this very moment for what is to come, you’ll be left in last year’s finery. Yes, there is a gap between reality and retail but you have to mind that gap. We understand it’s difficult [...]
MR THUNDERMUG
by Cornelius Medvei
Fourth Estate £10, 96 pages
Cornelius Medveis first book. Mr Thundermug, is a curious tate of a baboon who develops the faculty of speech and is stranded between the human and animal kingdoms. Gifted with the eloquence and wit of a wise philosopher but trapped in a monkey’s body, Mr Thundermug is put [...]
Originally from Clapham, where they met as kids The Maccabees have been together as a band for three years and are now based in Brighton. Having already supported The Strokes, signed a record deal with Fiction and released their second single Latchmere (which is out now) the guys are tipped to be big. I caught [...]