Body brushing
This is a quick tip but I promise you it works. On dry skin for about 3 minutes brush away towards your heart.
The Present Finder
This is one of my computer ‘go to’ websites for secret Santa, table gifts, stocking fillers or just the odd and humorous.
Cornish Blue
Picked a slab of Cornish Blue up at a food fair the other day and now piled into it, verdict delicious and for my taste so much smother and less bitter than Stilton.
Organic Beauty
A friend of mine Alan Mackenzie has created this beautiful new range called ‘Extra Care’ I have been a fan of Organic surge for many years their body and bath treatments I’m never without, they fall so easily into my Waitrose basket.
A good red wine
I’m no wine snob (I come from Stoke on Trent) so relish finding beauties. If you like a smooth, well balanced, fruity red try this one from M&S.
Salt
Love My AirRam
I’m not a gadget person but I love my AirRam cordless and its little Gtech friend. I must have been amongst the first people to jump on these, first the upright and then the handheld.
Cherry Juice
Cherries have been a favourite of mine since I first day as a child with a bowl of the little red things spitting out stones.
Dinner Party Wars
Discovery Home and Health this week are screening Dinner Party Wars a series I shot in Canada with Chef Corbin Tomaszeski.
My Friend Jonathan Shalit is Awarded a Well Deserved OBE
SHE RARELY enters the world of showbiz parties anymore but Anthea Turner looked incredible in a pair of leather trousers at a red carpet event, last night.
Strictly Tea Dancing event for the Caron Keating Foundation
Celebrity Big Brother star James and his wife, who is partnered with Steve Backshall on the BBC1 show, put on a show of their hottest Latin American moves in front of a star-studded audience that included Anthea Turner, Vanessa Feltz and Gloria Hunniford, whose daughter Caron passed away in 2004 after a long battle with breast cancer.
Gala Performance of West End Musical Urinetown
Had an amazing time at Water.org the gala performance of the new West End musical Urinetown.
Caron Keating Foundation Charity Kart Challenge
The foundation was set up in memory of Caron, a much loved TV personality who presented programmes such as Blue Peter, This Morning, Top of the Pops and Entertainment Today.
I’m In Love
Not sure how this happened but I found myself literally sucked towards the Aspinal concession of House Of Fraser Guildford.
Lorraine Kelly Queen of Breakfast Telly
It was a joy to be part of the celebrations ITV held in honour of Lorraine Kelly’s 30 Years as Queen of Breakfast Television.
Sultana Cakes
If you’re not a cake maker this is the recipe for you. My Mum used to make it back in the 60’s when we were little and the little cakes disappeared nearly as fast as she could pull them out of the oven! It also appears in Mary Berry’s AGA book.
New Shoes
Massively exited to come home and find my ACHICA order has arrived.
“Darling its all in the presentation”
There are not many people who arrive in France and take out of their suitcase 2 steaks a load of sausages and a bag of lettuce.
Next Winter Colours
If you are adding a few freshening ideas to your home Next and Zara are brimming with taste at competitive prices.
Yahoo News Digest Addict
Suddenly become addicted to Yahoo’s News Digest, kept me entertained from Manchester to Newcastle.