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ADVENT STORIES #11 -RUMOURS ON THE PLAYGROUND
‘Daddy do you still love mummy?’ Ollie asks his father. Just like Ava instructed, AJ picked Oliver from school, and they are spending the afternoon together before he returns him home later tonight. ‘I do. We love each other but we love you much more. Why would you ask that question?’ ‘Jonathan said you don’t…
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ADVENT STORIES #3 | HOME TRUTHS
‘You did what?’ ‘You heard what I said.’ ‘And I was hoping it was a very delayed April Fools joke. What is the matter with you?’ The Beckerman siblings are having dinner at the home of their eldest sister, Elizabeth. This is the first time they have gotten together in three months. Nobody in the…
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WHEN WOMEN QUIT
I think we can all agree that politics is a bit shit right now, a lot shit actually. The world is in flames and it is no surprise that some people want no parts in it, no parts in fixing a system fundamentally and continually broken mostly by men in power- let’s be frank. However,…
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BEST OF ENEMIES- A REVIEW
Put David Harewood in anything and I will watch, I miss him on Homeland when I rewatch, and I purposely do not watch the episode where he dies. Can’t bear it. He is an exceptional actor and so you will find in the play Best of Enemies that is currently in London until the 18th…
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PARIS- QUICK & DIRTY
If like me, you are fortunate enough to live in the UK, you can visit most countries in Europe in a day or a weekend, itinerary depending, and have a good time of it. Paris you can visit for a good few hours, quick and dirty: a coffee on arrival, an exhibition, lunch, a cocktail…
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#24 | ALWAYS & FOREVER…
‘What are you two doing here?’ Rocks’ grandmother’s home is bride central; the three friends secured a wedding dress by Dior and Nonna’s seamstress drove in from Florence to help with minor alterations. A team of hotel staff are setting up the village church and another work the ball room. The three friends made their…
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23 | THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM
‘Who’s at the door at this time?’ Nearly 1am, Tallulah, Rocks and Caroline are back at Rock’s grandmother’s home, they where they filled her in on the dastardly dinner. They are just settling in when someone presses the bell. Rocks looks through the peep hole, ‘Rocco?’ She opens the door. ‘You alright?’ He looked like…
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#22 | BANG
If Rocco thought playing golf with JJ’s father would thaw things between them, he had another thing coming. Good thing her brothers act as a buffer because since their arrival Martin had barely tried with him. He charmed his granddaughters as usual, besotted with them and showered them with many gifts he brought with him.…
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#21 | Friends At War
‘Fancy running into you two.’ ‘Your grace.’ Tallulah and Rocks mock bow at the appearance of Caroline the Duchess behind them outside the airport. ‘Shut up.’ Caroline playfully swaths them, she loathes using her formal title that came with marriage to Ralph, especially not with her friends. It’s why the press call her the reluctant…
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WINTER ON BEAUTY
Simplicity is the key to a healthy beauty regime, gone are the days where we slather eight to ten products on our faces, it’s a time suck and unnecessary not to mention, overly sensitises the skin’s barrier eventually making it weaker. When it comes to the battle between skin and sleep, I choose sleep and…
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#20- MONTE MADRE
When the car turns into the narrow road leading to the doors of Monte Madre, JJ felt the tension begin to ebb. On instinct Rocco reaches for her hand, giving it a squeeze, their first contact since boarding the private jet to Florence. Monte Madre. Arriving in this little hamlet is a thrill unlike no…