My OXYjet experience

My OXYjet experience

When I worked as a journalist and wrote a weekly health and beauty page, I used to love visiting spas to test them out. In fact, I first started writing a Woman’s page when I was 16. I still avidly follow updates about what’s new in the beauty industry and...
Aung San Suu Kyi and Desert Island Discs

Aung San Suu Kyi and Desert Island Discs

I have been mesmerised by Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi’s interview on Desert Island Discs today. After hearing it this morning, I have played the podcast over and over again, contemplating the immense personal sacrifices she made so her war-torn...
Michael Winner and a Hollywood send off

Michael Winner and a Hollywood send off

Unlike Frank Sinatra, Michael Winner couldn’t make the comeback he had hoped for after illness forced him to stop writing his Sunday Times column – but, as the Sinatra lyrics say – “I did it my way”!! Michael Winner was certainly his own...
Wisbech’s 2nd murder in a week

Wisbech’s 2nd murder in a week

I stumbled across a major crime scene in Wisbech last Saturday shortly after the body of a woman had been discovered – it is now known she was raped and murdered – and police had arrived only an hour before. She had had a very troubled life. I immediately...