Fabulous French Dressing Past Fifty

French women don’t date (and don’t grow old) the way everyone else does. Jennifer Johnson looks at the rules commonly followed by Ines and other French style icons.

Mod Brighton in Modern Brighton

MODS photo by Darren Coleshill on Unsplash

Holiday Goddess Jessica Adams shares some insider tips about Brighton, home of the Mods and the setting for the movie Quadrophenia.

London Theatre Returns in 2022

London is home to some of the most beautiful, historical theatres in the world. Faith Bleasdale shares what it’s like to see a show in London in 2022.

Kilts. From Sylvia Plath to Harry Styles

Kilt fashion image by Johnny Wang, Unsplash

The classic kilt was popularised by Her Majesty the Queen in the 1950s and poet Sylvia Plath made it her own, some years later. Today, Plath’s kilt with her name-tag stitched into the waistband is rocketing up in value at auction houses, and everyone from Harry Styles to Dolce & Gabbana is making tartan desirable. How can you order your own kilt, to your measurements, in your family tartan? (Or just a David Bowie homage tartan)?