Christmas gifts with benefits AND a National Art Pass giveaway
Most of us, including our nearest and dearest, don’t need any more stuff. This year we’ve welcomed Greta Thunberg, managed Second-Hand September and are cutting down on consu...
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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.
Kiki Smith: an artist at the top of her game
Kiki Smith is a New York-based artist whose oeuvre moves from photographs, to drawings, to printmaking to small sculptures and most impressively since 2012 to large scale tapestries. If you want to se...
Creative Women at Work: Journalist and International Editor Lindsey Hilsum
Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News’ International Editor. An award-winning war correspondent who has covered many conflicts throughout her career; including Iraq, (she was in Bagdad during the US ...
That’s Not My Age Podcast Episode 8: Debbie Bliss
I’ve known my next podcast guest, Debbie Bliss, for many years. We met last century when I was a fashion assistant stepping in for the fashion editor to style one of Debbie’s knitting patt...
The Age-Well Project: why keeping the brain busy is important as we get older
As we get older we need mental stimulation more than ever. The good news is it can be a lot of fun, and unleash creative opportunities, say the authors of The Age-Well Project, Susan Saunders a...
A brilliant Bridget Riley exhibition at the Hayward Gallery
The largest retrospective of Bridget Riley’s paintings comes to London this autumn, fresh from National Galleries Scotland. Riley is now 88-years-old and this is seven decades of work by one of ...
Diversity in the fashion industry: a panel discussion at the National Museum of Scotland
Diversity in fashion is a conversation that I’ve been involved in for many years. As a part-time senior lecturer in Fashion Journalism, I contributed to several research projects at university ̵...
Keeping the holiday vibe alive
Midlife is hectic and demanding. One of my aims since returning from Italy in July, has been to try to bring the holiday vibe into everyday life.
No time to retire: 10 lessons for an ageing world
Populations are ageing across the globe and to help work out what we are all doing with our mid-to-late lives, we’re launching a new That’s Not My Age series called No Time To Retire. The ...
Say hello to Second-Hand September
Oxfam’s new initiative: Second-Hand September is a brilliant idea. The UK has a throwaway fashion problem – it is estimated that £140m worth of clothing goes to landfill each year, and ...
Last chance to see the Faith Ringgold exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery
Here’s a true story with a happy outcome. The artist, activist and children’s author Faith Ringgold is having a solo retrospective at the Serpentine Gallery, her first in Europe.
Threads of Life: a History of the World through the Eye of a Needle
Whatever our take on fashion, fundamentally we all have a connection with clothes because we all wear them. Sewing literally touches our daily lives.
