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Fashion advice from the archive
"SOMEWHERE I was reading that no self-respecting woman would allow buttons on her skirts; I remembered this while I looked at the finest work England could put in these exquisite garments, and smiled." The Lady, Here and There, 16th July, 1896. "WITH...
http://www.lady.co.uk/style/fashion/198-fashion-advice-from-the-archive
Beauty advice from the archive
“REGULAR care is, for the hands as well as for everything else, the basis of a good appearance.” The Lady. Beauty In One's Hands. 18th January, 1934. "THOUGH grey hairs may be "honourable" enough they unfortunately place their owners frequently at a...
http://www.lady.co.uk/style/beauty/199-beauty-advice-from-the-archive
Etiquette advice from the archive
“PEOPLE cannot help being influenced by their surroundings and their environment; therefore how all important it is that both of these should be healthy and cheery, for health and happiness both go hand-in-hand.” The Lady. The Blessing of Old Health,...
http://www.lady.co.uk/style/etiquette/222-etiquette-advice-from-the-archive
The Daily: December 7
Turtle Doves on the Decrease With just 14,000 turtle doves left in Britain, the last five years have seen their numbers plummet by up to two thirds. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has said that the population is 'balancing on a knife...
http://www.lady.co.uk/magazine/1492-the-daily-december-7
COLLECTORS’ CALENDAR & TEA TOWEL 2013
THE LADY 2013 CALENDAR Smarten up your kitchen or study with our archive 2013 calendar (above), which features beautiful images taken from editions of The Lady from the past 100 years. The Lady calendar 2013 (A4 size) showcases 12 vintage covers of The...
http://www.lady.co.uk/magazine/1348-collectors-calendar-tea-towel-2013
MAID FOR SUCCESS
Mother-of-two Laura Ashley started to print headscarves on her kitchen table, with her husband Bernard, following a Women’s Institute exhibition on traditional handicrafts at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Her inspiration came from the 1953 film Roman...
http://www.lady.co.uk/style/fashion/1598-maid-for-success
Radio Reviews: 6 July
After all the press hoo-haa in which it seemed as though Clive James was ready to flake out at any moment, it was a relief to hear the reality of what he had said on last week's Archive on 4. Tone of voice is everything. The statement of mortality...
http://www.lady.co.uk/culture/television-film-radio/626-radio-reviews-6-july
IDENTITY
In my teens I had a passion for collecting picture- postcards of famous actresses. Photographs of Evie Greene, Ruth Vincent, Marie studholme, the dares and many more adorned my bedroom, and I loved them all. But my favourite was Elsie Bean. She is...
http://www.lady.co.uk/culture/books/1489-identity
Hidden Hollywood
Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd fool around on a Vespa on the set of Ben-Hur. Julie Christie takes a catnap on the snowy set of Doctor Zhivago. Cary Grant entertains a smirking Alfred Hitchcock during the filming of North By Northwest. Just a handful...
http://www.lady.co.uk/people/features/2171-hidden-hollywood
The Daily: January 30
Hilary Mantel beats five, shortlisted authors to claim the Costa Book Award Hilary Mantel has won the Costa Book award for her novel Bring Up the Bodies. The judging panel, which included actress Jenny Agutter, broadcaster Katie Derham, author Wendy...
http://www.lady.co.uk/magazine/1749-the-daily-january-30
Radio Review: 23 November
It might not be obvious, but as it turns 90, the BBC still has a lot to celebrate. The commemorations have been oddly muted, though, and as they must have been planned well in advance of the current brouhaha breaking, it must be deliberate policy....
http://www.lady.co.uk/culture/television-film-radio/1396-radio-review-23-november
The Daily: October 30
Daniel Day-Lewis donates his father's poems to the Bodleian Papers from the archive of the poet Cecil Day-Lewis, who died in 1972 and was one of the most notable poets of the 2oth century, have been donated to the Oxford University Bodleian library by...
http://www.lady.co.uk/magazine/1267-the-daily-october-30
Radio Review: 12 October
I never met Kenny Everett, but I spoke to him once. It was a Saturday morning in the early 1990s, and my mother's radio station of choice at the time was Capital Gold, on which Everett presented a weekend show. He played a clip from a film and asked...
http://www.lady.co.uk/culture/television-film-radio/1163-radio-review-12-october
HOW TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED
The Hon. Nancy Mitford was one of Britain’s best-loved authors – and the granddaughter of The Lady’s founder, Thomas Gibson Bowles. She wrote several memorable essays for the magazine, this being one of them. It  rst appeared in The Lady on 10 April...
http://www.lady.co.uk/people/features/1785-how-to-be-photographed
The Rector’s Daughter
Chapter 1 The Rev Robert Davenant sat in his study, idly looking through the window on to the beautiful lawn which stretched before him, with the tall tulip tree in the centre, and a long border of many varieties of strange flowers running by the side,...
http://www.lady.co.uk/culture/books/1551-the-rector-s-daughter
Coronation Celebrations
On 2 June 1953, after 16 months of intricate preparation, Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey. Six decades on, the country is celebrating this extraordinary anniversary with traditional gusto – and here’s how… Coronation! A new exhibition of...
http://www.lady.co.uk/events/going-out/2268-coronation-celebration
Book Reviews: 3 May
OUT NOW CANDY KITTENS by Jamie Laing (Mitchell Beazley, £12.99; offer price, £10.99) What it is to be young and rich. Those of us privileged to have watched the posh reality TV show Made In Chelsea, will be fully au fait with the goings-on of Jamie...
http://www.lady.co.uk/culture/books/2258-book-reviews-3-may
Book Reviews: 26 April
OUT NOW FLORA AND GRACE by Maureen Lee (Orion, £9.99; offer price, £9.49) It’s spring 1944 in Switzerland and teenage Flora, becalmed in the Alps by war, suddenly finds herself at the centre of the action. A cattle train rumbles through a station and...
http://www.lady.co.uk/culture/books/2226-book-reviews-26-april
WHY DID THE NAZIS MURDER LESLIE HOWARD?
Seventy years ago this June, a plane carrying the film star Leslie Howard was shot down over the Bay of Biscay by the Luftwaffe. It was no ordinary wartime skirmish. The plane was a civilian aircraft that flew regularly from neutral Portugal to a...
http://www.lady.co.uk/people/features/2089-why-did-the-nazis-murder-leslie-howard
The Lady Loves List
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http://www.lady.co.uk/style/fashion/1718-the-lady-love-list-jan-2013

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“PEOPLE cannot help being influenced by their surroundings and their environment; therefore how all important it is that both of these should be healthy and cheery, for health and happiness both go hand-in-hand.”

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