Norah Jones
'All's fair in break-ups'
She has been in the music industry for more than a decade, sold more than 50 million albums and has won a staggering nine Grammys, yet when Norah Jones came to record her...
Recipes
Easy Elderflower
Elderflower Cordial A refreshing drink just with water. For an elderflower spritzer, just add sparkling water. Ingredients For every two pints of water: 2 organic...
Interview
My father, Lucian Freud
I recognise Jane McAdam Freud easily as the resemblance to her late father, Lucian Freud, is uncanny – she has his eyes and intensity, and even moves like him. Jane has...
Cake decorating
Old fashioned remedies
Fancy trying your hand at cake decorating, but don't have time to faff? In her new book The Busy Girl's Guide to Cake Decorating Ruth Clemens (finalist on the orginial...
Property advice
Broaden Your Buying Horizons
Most house purchases adhere to ‘two up two down’ convention and for good reason. Your average high street bank is likely to turn you down flat on a loan for a roofless...
Drought defense
Conserve rainwater
As far as I can tell, the problem with the weather at the moment is not that it hasn’t stopped raining for the last three weeks. No, the problem is that despite the...
The Lady Bloggers
First impressions
Bernard Cornwell
BERNARD CORNWELL OBE is a British author of historical novels. He is best known for his novels about rifl eman Richard Sharpe in the Napoleonic Wars, which were adapted...
Films
Film Review: 11 May
AT CINEMAS NOW A bunch of plastic flowers A chance to bloom is lost in this weak arrangement DAMSELS IN DISTRESS Never one to hurry, director Whit Stillman (The Last...
Health
Is your cream tea making...
If you have unexplained symptoms such as headaches, bloating, skin rashes, joint pains and diarrhea, you are probably not connecting them with that delicious cream tea...
Reviews
Book reviews: 11 May
OUT NOW HEDGE BRITANNIA Hugh Barker (Bloomsbury, £16.99) This affectionate and informative book is rather like a hedge itself: sprawling in places, concise in others,...
Interview
Earth calling Julia
Most mothers with a nine-monthold are getting to grips with sleep deprivation and the perils of a crawling baby. Not Julia Bradbury. Despite having her young son Zephyr...
Olympics
Host your own games
Many people in Britain are getting very excited about the London Olympics. For those of us who never even made the third netball team at school, the idea of forcing...
Leading Lady
Helen? What a Dame!
What is it about Helen Mirren? Could it be her glorious career that has seen her awarded a DBE in 2003, and gongs at the Oscars, the Emmys, the Golden Globes? Could it be...
Events
The Lady at Chatsworth
The Lady Goes to Chatsworth ...Aboard the Orient Express British Pullman on 20 June 2012 – £395** per person **The Lady Ambassadors and The Lady subscribers enjoy a 20%...
Novelist natter
‘My wife is in all my books’
When I meet novelist Nicholas Sparks he positively bounds into the room. Energy radiates off him and it’s almost impossible to believe this chap can sit still long enough...
The Daily
News round-up: May 16
30 hours to find the perfect LBDA recent online survey of 2000 women has revealed it takes a 30 hours, spread over 5 days, to find the ‘perfect little black dress’. On...
Daily tip from the lady archive
“WELL-TENDED, eloquent hands are an attribute that really is especially important with a well put-together outfit.”
The Lady. Beauty In One’s Hands. 18th January 1934
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Lady Offers
Book your way to beautiful Bermuda and save up to £600 per person if you book by 31 May 2012. Britain's oldest colony, 'The Rock' is made up of over 180 islands and is less..... read more
Lady Events
Over a chilled glass of champagne, Christianne Douglas, of Coleman Douglas Pearls in Knightsbridge, will share her knowledge and passion for pearls. You will learn how a pearl... read more
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