I’ve just got back from LA and here are my beauty recommendations and one big warning..  
There is a really unattractive red mark on my left ankle from a visit to Beverly Hills Nail Design.  I wouldn’t normally choose to write about a mishap, but as they went on to charge me the full price [...]

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Paul McNeil, the artist, designer and occasional author has just sent me his new book, and it’s brilliant.  Never Mind Your P’s and Q’s, Here’s the Punk Alphabet, by Paul McNeil and Barry Divola is the 2nd in their series of Rockin’ Alphabets (the first was M is for Metal).  But illustrations speak louder than [...]

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Hopefully you will have just read my newsletter, in which case, this is the sausage recipe I was talking about from Giorgione, 307 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, tel; 212 352 2269.  And if you haven’t read my July newsletter, sign up now!  This recipe comes from Grant Hailey, an old friend of mine, [...]

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I was cheered considerably by emails flying to and from America the whole time I was there. Sienna Guillory, the actress, was kind enough to read Face Value and say this about it:
“How nice to find a heroine that isn’t a dropout and a self doubting ninny, I love the way she’s so vehemently self [...]

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I’m now a fully paid-up member of the Chick-Lit Club! Check out this website and see my interview with Steph, who edits the site… http://www.chicklitclub.com/interviews.html

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