January 2012
3 posts
surisburnbook:
it’s hard not to notice that this is the first thing that’s made Angelina Jolie smile in about six years.
December 2011
10 posts
“Ora, provo a spiegarlo semplice semplice: se uno è povero non prende il...”
– [e i poveri sono spesso di colore nero] Maria Antonietta accusa Trenitalia | Distanti saluti
“[appunti per uno studio sui padri di due o più figlie femmine] Mum will give me...”
– Fame and Fortune: Tamara Ecclestone | The Sunday Times
“I do like a proper man, but I have simply no time for body hair.”
– Hugo Rifkind’s celebrity year | The Times
“I have slightly stopped issuing the announcement that “Whatever doesn’t kill me...”
– Christopher Hitchens Takes on Nietzsche: Am I Really Stronger? | Culture | Vanity Fair
“He became a staff writer and editor for The New Statesman in the late 1970s and...”
– Christopher Hitchens Is Dead at 62 — Obituary - NYTimes.com
“7 Refuse to speak to your mother about any of the preparations. Tell her she can...”
– How to avoid a toxic Christmas | The Sunday Times
November 2011
1 post
September 2011
1 post
August 2011
3 posts
“She just looked at me and out of fear or love or whatever it was and, out of...”
– Amy Winehouse dead: Blake Fielder-Civil said they loved each other ‘unhealthily’ | Mail Online
July 2011
7 posts
“In his book, From Rupert’s Adventures In China, Bruce Dover says that Mrs...”
– Wendi Deng Murdoch’s right hook set to make her movie debut a hit too | Mail Online
Rupert Murdoch: How Twitter tracked the MPs'... →
“- You don’t have to like or understand what your husband does for a living to be...”
– Notes to her daughter | The Sunday Times
June 2011
1 post
“the worst season finale of all time”
– ‘The Killing’ Season 1 Finale Recap
May 2011
4 posts
“But with writing, I just treat it like a job. I’m not very airy-fairy...”
– Plum Sykes on Snobbery, Vogue, and Hating Chick Lit — The Cut
“in death, he has achieved a level of establishment acceptance that he could...”
– McQueen works his magic on New York as Met unveils exhibition | Life and style | The Guardian
April 2011
27 posts
In praise of princesses | The Sunday Times →
Our disapproval of the princessy ideal — when I say “our”, I mean “your”, as I’m all for glorious romance, the princessier and more lavishly accessorised the better — is very well exemplified by the distaste and unease a number of women with daughters feel towards the colour pink.
Lowe, Actually | Vanity Fair →
In history class I bond with a hilarious, madrigal-singing maniac named Robert Downey Jr. No one is funnier or more brilliant at stream-of-consciousness banter.
Bunmi Zalob: The Disney Princesses: If They'd Had... →
Could any of these women have made the horrible life choices they happily did if they’d had a mom to tell them the truth? Absolutely freaking not.
Lady Gaga In Harper's Bazaar: McQueen Is Working... →
[e allora crepa, per cortesia] “When I heard that, I knew he planned the whole damn thing. I didn’t even write the fucking song. He did!”
You Can Watch Daphne Guinness Get Dressed in the... →
putting Daphne Guinness behind glass so that the public can watch her get ready for the Met Ball. If ever there was a window worth seeing, this is it.
Former Vogue Editor in Chief Carine Roitfeld:... →
Twenty years ago, fashion was a promise — something that was part of your life and perhaps enriched it, something that reflected a particular era. If you look at advertisements these days, all you see are handbags.
Tina Fey is Pregnant! -- Vulture →
[and Alec Baldwin Says 30 Rock Is Ending Next Season]
“I think she’s there to avenge Diana’s memory - that’s clearly...”
– Diane von Furstenberg: interview - Telegraph
