‘“If only there could be an invention,” I said impulsively, “that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again.”’ 

Such sentiment (as voiced by the anonymous narrator in Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca) is highly appealing.

I’ll always find an excuse to write about beauty! This time, it’s perfume. Click here to see my favourite new perfumes for Spring.

2018 marked 200 years since Mary Shelley penned Frankenstein, so I wrote a piece about it for The London Magazine. Click here to read it.

It was a privilege to write a feature for The London Magazine, a publication I have loved for many years!

I wrote a feature on Scoliosis for the Spectator Health pages.

Saturday 24^th June is Scoliosis Awareness Day UK. For some scoliosis sufferers, this is a pretty accurate description of most days. In fact, it’s often hard to think about anything else. 

I wrote an article for the Spectator Life on Literature and Gardens in light of the Chelsea Flower Show.

Literature is full of gardens. At the gates of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, the narrator, in her dream, sees unruly, angst-ridden plants and shrubs growing out of control over the long winding drive to Manderley. The love between Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester blossoms in the gardens of Charlotte Bronte’s novel. Sarah Waters uses the garden to plot trickery in Fingersmith.

I wrote a feature on the funny trend of adapting Greek culture to fashion for ARGO Magazine.

I wrote a quick feature on ‘A Taste of Greece’ for ARGO Magazine.