Virgin Voyages – ripping up the cruise rule book?
My first cruise lurched round the Baltic in 1976. We hit a massive storm and it was nigh-on impossible to have a pee because everyone was throwing up in the …
Veganuary at Bill’s – review
Over Christmas, my son James got me to watch The Game Changers – a documentary that debates whether elite athletes can perform well on a vegan (plant-based) diet. I found …
SPA-Hotel Jagdhof
Approaching Innsbruck airport, you fly right over the Alps, close enough to see their folds and crevices, their serrated peaks and sharp ravines. It’s a startling, spine-tingling terrain and a …
The Part-Time Vegetarian – cookbook review and recipes
Feeding families can be tricky these days. I’m vegetarian while the rest of the family are confirmed meat-eaters. I would dearly love them to go veggie or, at the very …
Witch Light – book review
It’s rare that a book really touches me these days. Witch Light by Susan Fletcher, however, moved me deeply. I’d read Fletcher’s debut novel, Eve Green, some time ago and …
ila Gold Cellular Age-Restore Collection
As you know, I’ve been an avid fan of ila products and treatments for years. I love them for their purity (not for nothing are they dubbed ‘beyond organic’), their …
Review: proto-col collagen shots
The thing that drives me nuts about so many skin creams and serums is that the claims they make are ludicrous: they defy basic biology. Take collagen for example. We …
Po-Zu – eco-boots for style & comfort
I travel a lot, all over the world, and – regardless of where I’m going, there is one item of clothing that goes on every single trip – a pair …
REVIEW: MIMI Green Goddess Fresh Face Mask
I used to love making up my own skincare creams and unguents. But nowadays I just don’t seem to have the time, energy or, let’s be very honest, the inclination …
Power Plate: Shake your way to fitness
The trouble with getting toned is it all takes so much time and effort. So when Madonna let slip that her uber-toned body was down to no-sweat sessions on a …
Bosu – great home fitness kit
It looks rather like a blue mushroom or a Fitball sliced in half. The BOSU Balance Trainer is not a thing of beauty and I’m eyeing it with deep suspicion …
Electro-mesotherapy – holy grail or waste of time?
When I look in the mirror something blotchy, baggy and bleary gazes back in a rather unpleasant fashion. So it’s small wonder that electro-mesotherapy sounded so appealing. The claims for …