“I did not know that when I first met you, we would go on to tell such a story,” said Olivier Saillard, as he raised a glass to his star collaborator Tilda Swinton at a beautiful Tuscan dinner last night held in a 12th century former convent where Gallileo’s daughter once lived. The story Saillard… Continue reading Grab Your Coat Love, You've Pulled
Category: Art
Bright Old Things
I found it difficult yesterday to clomp about my day, bashing out words about new collections and so on and so forth. That sounds trite and disingenuous but it’s true. I went down to Trafalgar Square at 6pm to join the vigil and held my keyboard (didn’t have a pen…) aloft in the air for… Continue reading Bright Old Things
Homely
I want to apologise for being absence for all of… five days (well, four if you count Saturday) but I’m not. I’ve cooked, hosted and scoffed to my heart’s content with five different kinds of meat consumed over the past week. Faced with a glut of leftovers, I’ve been pottering around at home, knocking my… Continue reading Homely
Showing Off
Haphazardly finding old repeats of mint documentary on BBC iPlayer (TV and radio) is one of my favourite things to do at the moment. Under the less-frequented Film section, The British Guide to Showing Off popped up. I didn’t catch it the first time round when it was released in 2011 but just as I’ve… Continue reading Showing Off