On Facebook today, this photograph did its rounds. I’m not entirely sure who the candid creator is, but by way of immediate credit, one G Giuliano claims the sharing applause. And so, how about that? If you’re a creative, how true is this statement of you? Do you privately seethe when flimsy quid pro quos […]
September 23, 2011
This last week, I’ve realised I’m a walking contradiction. As you’ll probably already know, London Fashion Week just happened. Again. I really, really love clothes. I adore fashion, past and present. I delight in trend. I have friends and acquaintances who are involved in LFW – as designers, writers, PRs, models and dressers. But there’s […]
September 21, 2011
Oh, X Factor. Another year, another round of merciless auditions, boot camping and all that jazz. Well, not strictly jazz of course. Another set of acidic comments / indifference / hyperbole from the judging panel and the same old tradition of folks peacocking – or not – around on stage, either filled with the pregnant […]
September 16, 2011
We’re all familiar with those ‘Name your top 10 whatevers’ notes that circulate Facebook from time to time. The majority are innocuous; but some – like a big question posed one evening by a friend over a civilised glass of wine – require more consideration. Oddly, the response takes us further into ourselves than we’d […]
September 1, 2011
I love lists. Readers of EP might have guessed that already. But what I dislike is definitive instruction when I’ve not asked for it. Thus, today’s Evening Standard, in semi-riposte to BeyoncĂ©’s pregnancy (the connection here is her new-found maternal sagacity as she smashes her goal of reproducing by the age of 30), Richard Godwin […]
September 28, 2011
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