Internet

Beauty: three great, really-useful makeup sites

Did you know that beauty editorials in magazines are usually heavily influenced by beauty advertisers (no difference from fashion but still, it’s somehow easy to forget)? That’s why beauty and the internet are a match made in heaven for ideally… Continue reading

Theatre: book now for Punchdrunk’s latest production in conjunction with the National Theatre

20 June – 29 Sept 2013. See website for performance times

We can’t believe that there are still tickets left for Punchdrunk’s latest immersive theatrical extravaganza.  Tickets early on have sold out but there are still some available for later this summer.  This production, in conjunction with the National Theatre, has… Continue reading

Internet: best new travel sites for hotels

We do like a good travel site and there are so many out there, yet few that really hit the spot.  Well, recently two have come to our attention that do just that.  First up is AHotelLife.com, set… Continue reading

Internet: best sites for renting gorgeous holiday houses

We’ve recently been looking to rent a house in Europe for a holiday this summer and what a frustrating, time-consuming process it’s turning out to be.  With so much on offer online, it’s often hard to find exactly what you’re… Continue reading

Reading & Videos: An interview with Lee Radziwill by Sofia Coppola and Nicky Haslam

We were fascinated by an interview of Lee Radziwill (Jackie O’s sister) by Nicky Haslam in the NYTimes’ T Magazine last weekend, together with an accompanying video interview by Sofia Coppola.  She’s disarmingly frank about touring with Truman

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Cooking: Food 52, probably the best food website ever

The internet is brilliant for finding recipes and helping with all kinds of cooking. Videos and step-by-step photos make things ultra clear, and other cooks’ comments and questions often clear up baffling instructions. How great, then, to have all this… Continue reading

Apps: JustSeen

We love twitter and we also love Instagram, but there is a sort of no man’s land in between the two, where we want to post pictures, but not necessarily in an arty, filtered way (like Instagram), in more of… Continue reading

Music: listen to your favourite Musicals for free on digital radio

We’re big fans of musicals anytime of year but somehow an online musical radio station seems especially winsome during the Christmas season.  How can you not feel festive while listening to Bing Crosby sing Cole Porter or something from WestContinue reading

Stationery: our favourite Christmas cards

How can Christmas cards be so darn tricky to buy?  There are so many out there but somehow so few of them are quite right. We like buying Charity ones and we know that one of these years our eco… Continue reading

Videos: the alternative Obama/Romney debate

How funny is this video of bad lip-syncing of the Obama/Romney Us election debate?  It looks so real!