mrs miniver's daughter

The V&A's Fabric of India exhibition starts with an 'Oooohh,' as the first thing you see when you walk in is this enor...

I wasn't going to ... but of course I did, as soon as I noticed it was down to £9-something on Amazon. Had to be done? Even though I...

I like a big, fat book for autumn evenings, something to get lost in, a page-turner that's not too challenging after a wallow in Down...

Improvised comedy isn't really me. I used to hate Whose Line Is It Anyway? because they all looked so pleased with themselves. But th...

It has been the most delightful weekend of golden, sunshiney autumn and this is where I was yesterday - At a museum started by two e...

This week's bunch of gladioli, bought so tightly in bud that it was hard to guess their colour, turns out to be exactly the same shade a...

It is Open House weekend. Forward planning not being my strong point, it was lunchtime before I looked at the brochure - so that's wh...