HRT – is it safe?
What now! It’s not safe... it’s safe... it can be good for you…it’s not safe? Do you know what’s going on?
Sanitary products: the great VAT debate
Much has been made in the media lately of the tax on sanitary products. Here, Jacqueline explains what we pay, and the thinking behind it...
Age cannot wither her
Why Imogen will not tick the age box and refuses to be defined by a number!
The hidden chemicals lurking in your toiletries
Shampoo, body wash, toothpaste… what’s really in these everyday products?
The beauty business
Emily Watson’s complaint about feeling she must always be perfectly turned out, i.e. made up to the nines, because her fans expect it, made me think how the beauty business always reflects the times we live in, and in particular women’s place in society. I researched this for a book a few years ago (Ugly […]
Eton and women
I was told the other day by an acquaintance that Eton is income blind. Her son has been given a place and she was waxing lyrical about how Eton really does offer the financial support needed for “poorer” families to send their children there. Really? I doubt many children from “poorer” families even sit the […]