mrs miniver's daughter

Portrait of a Lady in Black , 1894, Gustav Klimt The National Gallery's exhibition of Viennese portraits  has elicited plenty of car...

Some films seem to vanish in the blink of an eye and, even though I was looking forward to seeing this one, I suddenly realised that if...

Some of the pearls in the V&A's exhibition are horrors. Baroque pearls lend themselves all too easily to some grotesquely t...

Sometimes I need to remind myself that it's only an hour on the train to one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. And I don't ...

When I decide to get moving on a Friday evening ... I can finish work at 5.45pm. Feeling a bit frazzled. Jump out of the bath by 6...

I've been immersed in Sylvia Plath for the past few days and it was interesting to discover in the last few pages of this biography h...

I never thought I'd say it ... but I'm only watching Downton for old times' sake, like a duty visit to a doddery old aunt who...