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Surviving Christmas: the hangover cure

Many years ago I travelled around Australia including a stint as a waitress on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef (above, its famous heart-shaped reef). I’m not sure if the guests were having...

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Surviving Christmas: hangover cure part II

Yesterday, I posted an Aussie hangover cure. God knows those girls gave generously (as every clinic across the country can testify) but that doesn’t stop me from continuing to look for other remedies....

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Brilliant organic facial oil

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and flattery is, of course, the sincerest form of ingratiation. Hey, what’s wrong with a few well-intended lies? I think every therapist should be trained in...

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Best therapist tip: the cleanser

Things I hate, part one. Asking a therapist for her top tip and her replying something stupidly obvious like Drink lots of water. Wouldn’t it be great to feign complete ignorance and ask What is this...

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YEOTOWN: A REVIEW

Here’s a condensed version of an article I wrote for The Sunday Times WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT The British home of complete wellbeing, a sustainable alternative to fat farms. WHERE IS IT  a short drive from...

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Tabata: how to shed body fat in four minutes

There’s a lot of talk of miracles at this time of year. Virgin births? I went to a Catholic convent school, we had one of those every other week. Here’s a real miracle, I have lost almost half my body...

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RADIANCE CLEANSE: NEW REST DAYS

As there is so much talk about the miracle that is intermittent fasting at the moment, thought it was worth reposting something I wrote about it back in September. Hey always first with the news here....

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REVIEW: VERDURA, SICILY

Here’s a shorter version of my review, which ran in The Sunday Times on February 3 Rocco Forte is one of the world’s leading hoteliers, and Verdura is his dream resort. He spent seven years (not...

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GENTLE AND EFFECTIVE DETOX

Tenerife – it’s the chopped liver of tourism, isn’t it? Just the thought of it makes you want to gag. I mean doesn’t a hotel in Tenerife thinks it’s upmarket if most of the guests’ tattoos are spelled...

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Hand reflexology: surviving half term

Half-term is on the horizon… the shoulders of a million mothers slump. I don’t have children but I do know how you feel. We babysat a friend’s seven-year-old daughter a few years ago. It wasn’t as hard...

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