03 Mar 2020
Posted by BonnieF 
Whilst technology can be great, it’s also important to have time away from it and make time for ourselves. The two places we think provide the best opportunity for just that are between the pages of a book and in a spa. Fortunately, the two go perfectly together, making a spa break the perfect...
Read more → 09 Jul 2015
Posted by BonnieF 
I am a big fan of self-published authors. It wasn’t terribly in vogue a few years ago, but their rise to prominence has stimulated a certain amount of competition in book publishing and brought some really interesting writers to the fore. Amongst these is Cassie Farren - mum, entrepreneur,...
Read more → 20 Jun 2014
Posted by BonnieF 
Fashion and beauty writer, Naomi Isted talks about yoga, Victoria Beckham, and being addicted to social media! What’s your average day like? Every day is so different but most of the time I’m up at about 6am, get my daughter up and ready for school, fit in a bit of yoga before the school run and then...
Read more → 24 Apr 2014
Posted by BonnieF 
From TV Executive to author, Hannah Beckerman talks about taking a leap of faith and following her dreams! It was early 2011 and I was sitting having dinner with my husband, bemoaning another disappointing day at work: I was a TV Executive and there seemed to have been a lot of disappointing days...
Read more → 10 Jun 2013
Posted by BonnieF 
During his visit to Glasgow’s Book Festival, author of the Raymond Chandler biography, A Mysterious Something in The Light, Tom Williams, took a little time to check out the Blythswood Square Hotel … First Impressions Blythswood Square Hotel is a grand building situated along one length...
Read more → 15 Mar 2013
Posted by BonnieF 
After the publication of his book, A Mysterious Something in The Light, a biography of Raymond Chandler, author, Tom Williams, is on a mission to get back in shape! Here he puts TRX Training to the test at Lifehouse Spa and Hotel! Books should come with a health warning. Not for readers, but for the people...
Read more → 14 Mar 2012
Posted by BonnieF Melanie Waxman is the type of mum you thought only existed in the pages of Cotswold kitchen catalogues – think earth mother with a hint of free spirit and a juxtaposing soupçon of city-girl spark. Living close to Philadelphia she writes, cooks and teaches the art of macrobiotic living; but this...
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