Lesley Manville is getting on with it
Why hasn’t Lesley Manville been featured on That’s Not My Age before? I have no answers.
Lifestyle
Inspiration for every day, from the latest must-see films and exhibitions, books to read and lovely interiors, to creative women at work and their personal stories.
A lifetime achievement award for Joan Bakewell
On Sunday, Joan Bakewell, 86, will receive the BAFTA Television Fellowship Award for a lifetime’s contribution to broadcasting. Often name-checked as the ultimate role model for women in the med...
Don’t miss Magdalene Odundo ‘The Journey of Things’ at the Hepworth Wakefield
I’m due a trip up north and hoping that there’ll be time to cross the Pennines and visit friends in Wakefield. As well as a walk in the glorious Yorkshire Sculpture Park, world-reno...
Who made my clothes?
It’s still Fashion Revolution Week. After the panel discussion at the V&A, I bumped into Bumni a stylist friend who always wears a mixture of small independent designers and carefully chosen...
It’s Fashion Revolution Week
These are some of the women changing the face of the fashion industry. Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey, a former social worker, is chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ethics and Sustainabilit...
Don’t miss: Mary Quant at the V&A
‘Hey luv, Mary’s here!’ was the slogan JC Penney used to attract customers when designer Mary Quant and her collection hit New York in the 1960s, and 50-years later this should be em...
Must-see: Dorothea Tanning at Tate Modern
The curators at Tate Modern are to be congratulated for another exhibition in the main temporary gallery space dedicated to a gifted female artist. For the past decade or so the work of Louise ...
Madhur Jaffrey starts rapping at 85
This state of perpetual Brexit Limbo makes the pursuit of joy and laughter all the more imperative. Hooray then for award-winning cookery writer and actor Madhur Jaffrey who has started rappi...
Talking Ageless Style at Stella Live, London
A date for the diary: on Saturday 11 May 2019 I’ll be talking Ageless Style at Stella Live’s inaugural event. This two-day extravaganza at the Saatchi Gallery, London has been coordinated ...
Creative Women at Work: Alex Feechan from Findrå
‘Letting Ourselves Go‘ was an empowering discussion on women’s cycling that I attended last year. Designer Alex Feechan had come down from Scotland to sit on the panel at ace ...
Screen queens: the women we love to watch on TV
The dark political days drag on but fortunately there’s plenty of comedy on telly right now to to counteract the despair. Fleabag is back – and everyone’s in it.
Caring for yourself when you’re a carer #MoreJoy
Last year Alyson asked me to write about finding joy in the meantime while caring for my mother through cancer. It’s been a while since my last update because I’ve been struggling to sound like I...
