Sweeter than a bag of liquorice allsorts or a bubblegum dystopia? This is designer Karim Rashid's new loft space in New York in which h...

I've been nursing a little ill person and then had to take to my own bed. Back soon.

These sublime photos of Maikos, apprentice Geishas from Kyoto, come courtesy of an amazing Italian blog called Occhidaorientale . I am una...

I had a bit of a green period in the early 1970s. I painted one wall of a small bathroom something between emerald and viridian gloss wi...

Just stumbled on this site which gives the 100 Best First Lines of Novels .  Remind yourself of your favourites (a cause to be a little smu...

I googled whimsy , a concept I am rather fond of, and came across this charming company Whimsy Press  with a great website and cheeky produc...

card courtesy of someecards There was a good Doonesbury cartoon by Garry Trudeau in Saturday's Guardian . Mike is asking his girlfriend...

[Sorry if the quality here is not too brilliant. Try double clicking for a bigger image] 'Good Heavens Lavinia! It says here the East Wi...

HRH Princess Alexandra photographed by Norman Parkinson © Norman Parkinson Limited/Corbis The life of Princess Diana overshadowed some of t...

Would that we could all construct our image for posterity like the fabled Virginia Oloini born into an aristocratic family from La Spezia...