Sarah Palin has an amazing effect on women: either you want her to be your best friend or you think she's the reincarnation of the devil. These are not voluntary reactions, they are visceral, much like at a medical exam when the doctor lightly taps your knee and it goes flying. Why? Why when …
Ever wonder what it’s like being an living American in the UK? After nearly 20 years, I’ve seen it all. I’ve been loved and I’ve been hated. For the time being, I’m pleasantly enjoying the “Obama Effect,” which is a bit like giving a local pub another go after they have advertised they are under …
I was a bit of a book worm as a child. I would close my bedroom door, away from the noise of my four siblings, and get lost in a story. My favourite was the Little House on the Prairie series. I imagined myself as Laura, living in a dug out in the wild west, fighting grasshopper swarms and looking after my blind sister. I begged my mother to buy me a bonnet and make to hush puppies for dinner.
In the summer of 1976 my ten-year-old self, my parents and two of my brothers, jumped into our light brown station wagon (estate) and drove 3,000 miles across the United States. It was the Bicentennial, 200 years after the US had signed the Declaration of Independence, and my parents were teachers so we all had all summer to discover America.
After more than eight years in the Disney vaults, Oscar-nominated Beauty and the Beast has been dusted off and is about to be released in Blu-ray this Autumn.
This tale of blind love is one of my favourite Disney classics: "Belle" falls in love with the "Beast" when she discovers the kind-hearted being inside.
Forget about being a yummy mummy, now it’s all about being a jammy mummy. Yes, jam making is now officially cool; even Kate Moss is dipping her fingers into the pot. I love eating jam, but am not so good at making it; it rarely sets properly and ends up a gooey (but …
I was so excited to hear that Kathryn Stockett's The Help is being made into a film, as we speak! Apparently it is the most excitement Mississippi has seen in a long time.
Last Spring I suggested that my book club read The Help, and everyone really liked it. The group is usually split, but the general consensus was that it was a good read and it sparked a whole evening of interesting conversation (sometimes we only spend a half hour on the book and then go on to more meaty subjects such as school gossip).
The Help takes place in Mississippi in the 60's and is about the relationship between women and the almost exclusively black maids that cleaned their homes and helped to raise their children.
Disney's Tangled, due out January 2011, is a story of adventure, heart, humour and hair—lots and lots of hair. Think Rapunzel. The trailer sure got me giggling. Go on, have a peak… …
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