the end was just the beginning
I went to a pub on Friday night to meet some friends from the '80s. Wang Chung's Dance Hall Days was playing on the sound system. Oooh, I thought, how funny! So I started tapping out a Tweet to that effect when a bloke came up and said hello. I stared at him blankly for... Continue Reading →
This recipe was inspired by an over-supply of oranges in the fruit bowl. I cooked a batch earlier this week and Husband raved about them, saying they were DELICIOUS and more like cupcakes than muffins (a big compliment, apparently). Super easy too. Pureeing the orange with the sugar gives them a really fluffy texture. Recipe:... Continue Reading →
Ah, the joys of Education Day. The school choir singing a frigid medley of Mary Poppins songs in the windy playground. The school dance troupe swaying in Kate Bush-style Wuthering Heights outfits to Adele. Attempting to recreate Van Gogh's Starry Night with crayons and a six-year-old. Being asked to fashion a "walker" during the "pipe-cleaner... Continue Reading →
Skinny Celine sings Adele's curvy praises First Nicole Kidman, now Celine Dion has stripped for V Magazine. In the interview that accompanies the sexy photos, she has some interesting things to say about her latest fave singer, Adele: “I think her whole image is good. Very sophisticated for her age: the nails, the dresses, the hair,... Continue Reading →
Well there goes my pie-in-the-sky plan to get plastic surgery on my eye bags and basset-hound cheeks. I had a teeny-weeny skin cancer surgically removed from my shoulder yesterday and I was a gibbering mess. The plastic surgeon's assistant had to keep telling me to breathe - I forgot every few minutes because I was... Continue Reading →
Nicole strips for V Oh my giddy aunt, Nicole Kidman is flashing her butt on the cover of the latest V magazine. During the shoot the photographer, Mario Testino, was saying: “Beautiful, beautiful ... You are so hot it is beyond! Look at your body! It is incredible!” And she does look pretty damn hot for... Continue Reading →
When I'm processing my emotions, I hear songs in my head. Yesterday at 6.30am, I pulled on my trainers and went for a walk. The air was mild, the sky was blue, the world felt like the most wonderful place. Kate Bush started serenading me with Cloudbusting and I was humming along ... "Ooh, I... Continue Reading →
Lindsay goes to party - host robbed Groundhog Day! Lindsay Lohan has been questioned by the police about an alleged burglary. The actress and her assistant had a sleepover at a friend's Hollywood Hills house and - surprise! - the next morning, the owner discovered some of their jewellery had gone missing. Says TMZ: "The incident occurred Sunday night at... Continue Reading →
I had lunch with a fellow ex-weekly mag slag yesterday. We exchanged pleasantries about our families for a polite five minutes. The rest of the time was spent dissecting how much Woman's Day really paid for those Lisa McCune cheating pics, whether readers actually cared about Kourtney Kardashian's baby, why certain blundering fools still have... Continue Reading →
Wading through the murk so you don't have to ... RiRi's interview finally airs and it's SCARY While it was billed as "exclusive", much of the excitement surrounding Rihanna's interview with Oprah Winfrey was blown by constant leaks of all the juicy bits. Still, the gossip columns have found found stuff to dissect after the... Continue Reading →
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