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Karen Krizanovich
‘A father’s love can make or break a girl… He is the hero of her childhood and often a wall she pushes against during her adolescence. He is often both the rule-maker, laying out laws of discipline and competence, and the rule-breaker, helping his daughter take risks… and explore uncharted world. He often exists at…
In the world of cool, only the Oscars can vie with the glamour of the Cannes Film Festival. Since 1956, Cannes’ Croisette has been host to legendary celebrity and mayhem. I should know: I’ve been clawing my way down that 2 km stretch of over-kerbed concrete for more than a decade, desperately fighting the crowds to…
The Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort, has the same problem as me: everyone thinks our job is easy and glamorous. For myself, I play along, upping up the wild, enriching aspects because, well, if they’re thinking that already, admitting the ‘truth’ – my opinion – isn’t going to help. They’ll feel betrayed and dirty,…
He’s got an OBE, he sounds straight out of The Pink Panther and he’s passionate… he’s also accident-prone and a great promoter, if not of himself and his various businesses, certainly of the art of knowing what’s best to go in your mouth. As Marco Pierre White said in White Heat of his mentor in his…
There is a great difference between being talked at and talked to. I’ve found, to my horror, that I have been talking AT people. Friends feel free to discuss their innermost secrets with me and what do I do? Talk over them. “Well, then, he came at me with a knife, and I said…” “Oh yeah!”…
Visiting the atelier of a noted artist, I was shown recent samples of his work. I liked the blue one and the red one and the one that looked a bit like Rothko meeting Cy Twombly in a dark alley. When it came to meeting the artist, I asked which of his works he preferred…
Picture your own private island. Now, get those strippers and Formula 1 cars out of there. Picture it again: white sand beaches, blazing sunsets, sunshine and boat drinks, smiling staff and no crowds or unfamiliar faces. You leave your villa unlocked and dive into aquamarine waves mere strides from your veranda. If this were Hollywood,…
The last five years of economic turmoil have been hard. Life has changed so much that now, before I imbibe, I have to ask at every reception or press launch if the champagne in my flute is actually prosecco. Yes, I know. There are perfectly fine examples of prosecco. “It’s just Italian champagne!”. Partly true,…