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The Powder Room
The latest lotions, most perfect potions, hottest hairdos and salon secrets from The Lady magazine's beauty bloggers
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Sizzling in the sun
Thursday, 23 May 2013A new survey from has revealed that a worrying 57% of Brits are wearing out of date sunscreen A further 56% admit they don’t apply sunscreen frequently enough, exposing themselves to life-threatening sun damage. Every year, over 100,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with skin cancer and over 2,500 of those people lose their life as a result . Sun ...Read more -
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Nanny Knows Best
Although Mary Poppins may have saved the day with "a spoon full of sugar", Nanny V employs a more pragmatic approach. No magic, just simple love, attention and consistency. And a healthy dose of humour.
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THE BOOK OF ETIQUETTE
Tuesday, 21 May 2013Two of the first words a child is taught to say are “please” and “thank you”. Or at least they should be. It is the concept of appreciation and respect that are the important factors. Not just meaningless politeness. And even if little Sally or Jeremy may simply parrot language, it is never too early to begin educating a young mind. The same can be ...Read more -
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Dispatches From The North
Tania Kindersley lives in the North East of Scotland with two amiable lab collie crosses and one very grumpy Gloucester Old Spot pig. She co-wrote Backwards In High Heels: The Impossible Art of Being Female, with Sarah Vine.
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Another world
Monday, 20 May 2013I am a day late with this post, ostensibly because I have taken on more projects that I can chew, and my time management is shockingly inadequate. I gallop around like a distracted pony, with To Do Lists tumbling in my head. But it is not just to do with lost time. It’s also that the thing I want to write about is a hard thing, and I’m not quite su ...Read more -
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Lights Out Ladies!
Follow one woman's tales from the staffroom of a quaint, newly co-educational, English boarding school in deepest, darkest Dorset. (*all names have been changed.)
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Summer Term - Week 7
Monday, 20 May 2013Today members of the staffroom are up in arms due to an overnight ban on dogs in the classroom and Senior Common Room. Apparently there was an "incident" involving one of the bigger dogs and one of the smaller Year 7. From what I could gather the Year 7 had lost. So a notice has been pinned up, confirmed by an 'All Staff' email, announcing dogs are ...Read more -
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Recipe Box
Get creative in the kitchen with celebrity chef Nigel Brown. Each week the Yorkshireman will bring you a new and exclusive recipe to tempt your taste buds.
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Tomato Ravioli
Thursday, 16 May 2013Almost too colourful to eat this pasta dish will delight...Ingredients 200g '00' plain flour 2 eggs 1 medium onion, chopped 1 fresh red chilli, chopped 4/6 tomatoes 1 tablespoon fresh thyme 250g grated Parmesan cheese salt & pepper Method 1. Pour the flour into a donut shape on your work surface, crack the egg into the middle and add ...Read more -
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Young Ladies About Town
The girls living and laughing their way around London, meeting lots of fascinating folk along the way...
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Behind the scenes at Ascot
Monday, 13 May 2013One of the great sounds of an English Summer is pounding hooves on turf whilst heady punters cheer their money over the line and champagne corks pop in celebration. But for me, like so many others, it’s all about the horses and names like Frankel and Black Caviar are as revered as equine gods and legends with almost mythical status.I love getting c ...Read more -
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Slummy Single Mummy
Jo Middleton is a freelance writer and mother of two girls, aged 17 and 10, who enjoy relentlessly winding each other up in high-pitched voices. Jo writes the award-winning blog Slummy Single Mummy and likes to escape from real life with wine, biscuits and TV reruns of Miss Marple mysteries.
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Simple pleasures
Tuesday, 23 April 2013Stop the press. This week I have been outside without my coat.It’s a small thing, but a blue sky and a warm breeze makes all the difference to how I feel on any particular day.If you don’t take time out to focus on what makes you happy, it is all too easy to get caught up in the day-to-day tedium of parenting alone. Washing, cleaning, cooking – adm ...Read more -
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Front Row
Get closer to all of today's theatre happenings with our critic Steve Barfield. Are you ready? It's curtain up...
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Guest Review, Melonie Clarke: Singin' in the Rain
Friday, 15 March 2013The 1952 MGM movie Singin' in the Rain is one of the greatest big screen musicals of all time. Indeed for myself, Singin' in the Rain is always the dvd I reach for first if I'm at home in the mood for a good dvd to watch.With that in mind, I wasn't sure what to expect from the stage production. Obviously I know all of the big numbers, but would a s ...Read more -
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Lady Radio
What's what on the wireless. The blog accompaniment to The Lady magazine's radio column, overseen with a stern eye, a keen ear and an educated pen by Louis Barfe.
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When radio goes wrong
Friday, 15 March 2013There is a website called RadioFail dedicated to harvesting clips of disastrous wireless, and it's a thing of joy and rare beauty. One of the latest uploads is a clip from Caroline Martin's phone-in on BBC WM, in which a listener called Rosie reveals her traumatic past very cheerfully. Note Martin's gushing, fake-sounding "If you've been affected b ...Read more -
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Lady Television
The Lady's low down on what's hot on the box. Our TV expert Michael gives thoughtful analysis and freewheeling nonsense in equal measure, letting you know what you should be tuning in to
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WEEKEND TV PREVIEW: The Secret Of Crickley Hall
Friday, 16 November 2012Winter is the best time for ghost stories. That's why there's always an MR James on at Christmas. It's why we don't have Hallowe'en in July.Stranded between the year's two spookiest holidays is The Secret Of Crickley Hall, (Sunday, 9pm). It may sound like a mysterious Noel Edmonds vehicle, but it is in fact a major three-part spine-tingler based on ...Read more -
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Daily tip from the lady archive
"It is not always she who appears most kindly in her interest who is the safe sharer of sacred (maybe sorrowful) secrets! Charming manners do not always connote sincerity of heart!”
The Lady. In Confidence. 4th April, 1918
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