Beauty
The Great Cover Up
Even with the most fastidious skincare routine, sometimes your complexion needs a little extra help. Whether it’s tell-tale under-eye shadows, pesky age spots or stubborn...
Arachnophobia
Meeting Maggie the spider
A scream emanated from the bathroom. ‘What is it?’ came the concerned reply from the bedroom. ‘Spider!’ I reported, as once again I repeated the disagreeable routine of...
Fashion
WEDDING BELLES
Wedding season is in full swing. You’ve returned the RSVP and bought the present, but what to wear? While we’re not suggesting you go all out to upstage the bride, being a...
Etiquette
'Take a seat, madam’
According to popular legend, when Elizabeth I, while still a princess, was released from the Tower by her sister, Queen Mary, in May 1554, she didn’t head for home – she...
Globe Trotter
Amazing wildlife
LEMURS IN MADAGASCARLemurs come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes, and are found only on Madagascar. The new Saga Holidays 14-night Madagascar Land of the Lemurs trip...
First Impressions
I can’t bear a tight man
What are you working on? I’m touring with my own show, An Intimate Evening With Ruthie Henshall, and I’ve just brought out a new album. When were you at your happiest? I...
The Lady Bloggers
Langton-Lockton
Spring has finally sprung
Held in check by a seemingly endless winter, spring struck like a sudden storm, tumultuous but benign. Blossom longed for in leisurely succession came all at once in an...
Battle of Hastings
Local MP
The Luftwaffe obliterated The Swan Inn on 23 May 1943 with the loss of 16 lives. In its place stands a commemorative garden with two simple benches providing areas for...
Home
Flower Power!
There's nothing like the Chelsea Flower Show to get you inspired. And we think these floral items are blooming lovely...{igallery...
Wines of the week
The best Rosé
When I first started writing for The Lady, I promised I wouldn’t do an ‘It’s May, it must be time for rosé’ column. Well I’m afraid that I’m going to have to break my...
Television
Boys keep swinging
I don’t think it’s hyperbole to describe David Bowie as the most signifi cant, the most influential, solo artist of the pop music era. Sinatra, Presley, arguably even...
Book Reviews
New must reads
OUT NOW THIS BOY: A MEMOIR OF A CHILDHOOD by Alan Johnson (Bantam Press, £16.99; offer price, £12.99) Another parliamentary Johnson, but not one of those… This one, Alan,...
Film Review
To boldly go…
It is such a terrific joy when you see a film that is so brilliant it almost makes up for the many that are just ‘meh’. Much in the way that the novels of Dan Brown and EL...
Modern Manners
Puppy Love
Dear Thomas, What do you do if someone says they love their pet more than any human? I couldn’t believe it when a close friend made this declaration. I was hurt to say the...
Restaurants
Review: Gaucho
A vegetarian walks into an Argentine steakhouse on the day of Baroness Thatcher’s funeral. There has to be a joke in it. I am the vegetarian, and the steakhouse is the...
Radio
Ghosts of Bush House
We’re not at the stage where all the archive recordings of our broadcast heritage are available, but a lot of progress has been made – 20 years ago, the BBC’s iPlayer would...
Daily tip from the lady archive
“THERE is great satisfaction to be had in properly ironed garments that look as if they have just come out of the shop window.”
The Lady. You Can’t Iron? 19th February, 1953
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