The act of a madwoman?
So the international conspiracy to keep me awake has now reached ridiculous proportions. I leave the hotel room next to the mosque to move into my friend Amanda’s flat while she is away. But now...
View ArticleLeo wants a Porsche
When I was a teenager I had a friend who owned a Porsche. It was white, sporty and made a hell of a noise. A nice noise though. A sort of deep sexy roar. I vowed that one day I … Continue reading →
View ArticleAnother tough day in the office….
I am back at my office at the Kempinski, gazing at the ski slope. The skiing the other day began badly. We all got to the top of the slope and the children refused to go down it. “I’ve forgotten how …...
View ArticleSave a Prayer…..
When I dropped out of school aged 16 and got on a bus to London from Stockholm with my friend Suzanna I had one burning ambition. I wish I could say that I was heading to London with a fervent …...
View ArticleA dress fit for a king
One of the side-effects of moving to Abu Dhabi, apart from learning to pole dance and belly dance, is meeting interesting people and going to glittering events. It is true that in Gabian the most...
View ArticleA horsey weekend
When I was growing up in Berkshire I was mad about horses. One of my favourite stories I tell the children as I try to make them understand how lucky they are is how I used to muck out stables …...
View ArticleIt’s a tough job….
So pity me. Here I am packing for a press trip. It will be arduous. It will be terribly hard work. And it will be tedious. Where am I going? A mathematics conference possibly? Or the annual-train...
View ArticleHappy Kitschmas
We are back from Italy and gearing up for Christmas. Apparently real Christmas trees are not readily available here, which came as a surprise to me. The thought of a fake one was too depressing. I...
View ArticleA day in the life of a fashionista
Ever wondered what fashionistas do? Yes, me too. I spent a day as one earlier this week and have to say, it’s all rather exhausting. First of all you have to spend hours deciding what to wear. Then you...
View ArticleThe great style conspiracy…
Is it purely coincidence that when 50 Shades of Grey topped the bestseller lists all over the world, leather was suddenly back in fashion? Even M&S has now come up with a pervy underwear range. I...
View Article‘Come off it, Keira! Lucky women like us owe everything to our looks’
As Miss Knightley laments the fact that she misses out on roles because she is too pretty, one writer says she should be grateful There are certain events in my life that I know never would have...
View ArticleAre British women vulgar? Yes! says Kristin Scott Thomas
Kristin Scott Thomas slammed British women in Marie France this week, calling them ‘drunk, vulgar, lacking in style and orange’ due to fake tan. Helena Frith Powell said she too was ‘tres British’ when...
View ArticleWhat French women REALLY think of us!
Helena Frith-Powell was initially very intimidated by the elegant Frenchwomen she met when she first moved to France in 2000. Here she asks three French women what they really think about Brits We have...
View ArticleThe new trick to look younger? Go half grey!
One dye-hard brunette tries out the latest age-defying salon treatment Dyeing my hair was one of the first things I ever did to fight the ageing process. I was in my mid-30s when the first bits of grey...
View ArticleWhat’s it like to follow Trinny’s bizarre £10,000 beauty regime?
HELENA FRITH POWELL dared try it for a month – vampire facials and all Have you wondered what it would be like to have all the money and time in the world to spend making yourself look younger? That’s...
View ArticleOlder woman who could be la première dame
Emmanuel Macron’s wife is 24 years his senior. Do the French care about the age gap? There’s a sudden spring in every older Frenchwoman’s step. Being over 60 was never an obstacle to being...
View ArticleStyle and the art of writing in France
Helena Frith Powell moves beyond beauty and chick-lit with her latest novel – and tells Jessica Knipe how moving to France has changed her life forever Matching bra and knickers – check....
View ArticleFabulous Christmas stocking filler #1
This is one of those things that, having found it, I never want to be without it. How many times have you had your car washed and they’ve put some hideous smelling thing in it? Or you’ve got into your...
View ArticleBattling Bambi
I can’t resist a bargain, so when my favourite nail salon offered me 50% off false eyelashes I thought ‘it would be rude not to’. So off I trotted yesterday to have them done, having completed a patch...
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