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Young Ladies About Town
The girls living and laughing their way around London, meeting lots of fascinating folk along the way...
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Conquering cuisines
Monday, 17 June 2013Indian, Chinese, Italian…How many different cuisines have you sampled?According to research conducted by continental food brand unearthed®, the majoirty of Brits try between just one and seven different cuisines in their lifetime. And with 193 countries in the world each producing their very own delicacies, this means that few of us discover the ra ...Read more -
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Lights Out Ladies!
Follow one woman's tales from the staffroom of a quaint, newly co-educational, English boarding school in deepest, darkest Dorset. (*all names have been changed.)
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Summer Term - Week 11
Sunday, 16 June 2013I was summoned to an interview at the end of last week. Well, actually, I was just summoned. I wasn't aware it was an interview until I walked into the Headmaster's Office and found him sitting there, in the middle of a panel of the Senior Management team (or 'SMT') all staring at me. Well, actually, I wasn't aware even then that it was an intervie ...Read more -
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Dispatches From The North
Tania Kindersley lives in the North East of Scotland with two amiable lab collie crosses and one very grumpy Gloucester Old Spot pig. She co-wrote Backwards In High Heels: The Impossible Art of Being Female, with Sarah Vine.
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A Racing Great
Friday, 14 June 2013It’s a strange thing, being a racing fan. One of the things I do, in my Scottish fastness, when I am not writing a book or gazing at the sheep or riding my mare or doing my HorseBack work, is study the form and sneak off to watch the 3.30 from Haydock and have ridiculous accumulator bets. This is one of the legacies left to me by my father, who was ...Read more -
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Recipe Box
Get creative in the kitchen with celebrity chef Nigel Brown. Each week the Yorkshireman will bring you a new and exclusive recipe to tempt your taste buds.
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Duck breasts with Calvados apple sauce
Thursday, 13 June 2013A mere four ingredients is all that is required to create this delicious dish... 4 duck breasts 20g salted butter 4 firm apples, sliced 200ml Calvados Method 1. In a nonstick frying pan, add the breasts to the pan skin side down and cook over high heat for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low and cook for 5 more minutes on each side. 2. Melt the ...Read more -
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Nanny Knows Best
Although Mary Poppins may have saved the day with "a spoon full of sugar", Nanny V employs a more pragmatic approach. No magic, just simple love, attention and consistency. And a healthy dose of humour.
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CARIBBEAN CRUISE BOOKED. BAGS PACKED. EXCITEMENT UNCONTROLLABLE
Tuesday, 04 June 2013“You want me to join you in the Caribbean for Christmas?” I am awake, so it’s not a dream. But I am a nanny, so it’s no picnic. It all sounds deliciously exciting, traveling with a family. I imagined days lounging around the pool with the little ones, and wading through warm seas at sunset once they were safely tucked in bed, escaping winter climes ...Read more -
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The Powder Room
The latest lotions, most perfect potions, hottest hairdos and salon secrets from The Lady magazine's beauty bloggers
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Sizzling in the sun
Thursday, 23 May 2013A new survey from has revealed that a worrying 57% of Brits are wearing out of date sunscreen A further 56% admit they don’t apply sunscreen frequently enough, exposing themselves to life-threatening sun damage. Every year, over 100,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with skin cancer and over 2,500 of those people lose their life as a result . Sun ...Read more -
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Slummy Single Mummy
Jo Middleton is a freelance writer and mother of two girls, aged 17 and 10, who enjoy relentlessly winding each other up in high-pitched voices. Jo writes the award-winning blog Slummy Single Mummy and likes to escape from real life with wine, biscuits and TV reruns of Miss Marple mysteries.
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Simple pleasures
Tuesday, 23 April 2013Stop the press. This week I have been outside without my coat.It’s a small thing, but a blue sky and a warm breeze makes all the difference to how I feel on any particular day.If you don’t take time out to focus on what makes you happy, it is all too easy to get caught up in the day-to-day tedium of parenting alone. Washing, cleaning, cooking – adm ...Read more -
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Front Row
Get closer to all of today's theatre happenings with our critic Steve Barfield. Are you ready? It's curtain up...
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Guest Review, Melonie Clarke: Singin' in the Rain
Friday, 15 March 2013The 1952 MGM movie Singin' in the Rain is one of the greatest big screen musicals of all time. Indeed for myself, Singin' in the Rain is always the dvd I reach for first if I'm at home in the mood for a good dvd to watch.With that in mind, I wasn't sure what to expect from the stage production. Obviously I know all of the big numbers, but would a s ...Read more -
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Lady Radio
What's what on the wireless. The blog accompaniment to The Lady magazine's radio column, overseen with a stern eye, a keen ear and an educated pen by Louis Barfe.
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When radio goes wrong
Friday, 15 March 2013There is a website called RadioFail dedicated to harvesting clips of disastrous wireless, and it's a thing of joy and rare beauty. One of the latest uploads is a clip from Caroline Martin's phone-in on BBC WM, in which a listener called Rosie reveals her traumatic past very cheerfully. Note Martin's gushing, fake-sounding "If you've been affected b ...Read more -
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Lady Television
The Lady's low down on what's hot on the box. Our TV expert Michael gives thoughtful analysis and freewheeling nonsense in equal measure, letting you know what you should be tuning in to
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WEEKEND TV PREVIEW: The Secret Of Crickley Hall
Friday, 16 November 2012Winter is the best time for ghost stories. That's why there's always an MR James on at Christmas. It's why we don't have Hallowe'en in July.Stranded between the year's two spookiest holidays is The Secret Of Crickley Hall, (Sunday, 9pm). It may sound like a mysterious Noel Edmonds vehicle, but it is in fact a major three-part spine-tingler based on ...Read more -
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Daily tip from the lady archive
“A GRACEFUL walk is a great asset, for sometimes it can create an illusion of beauty where little exists.”
The Lady. Pleasant Exercises for Grace. 2nd April 1931
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