Lingo and lasers – The Scoop
Country & Town House | 2 May 2024
Caroline Phillips on lingo and lasers
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‘It Stays With You After The Curtain Goes Down’: Long Day’s Journey Into Night Review
Country & Town House | 8 Apr 2024
The challenges of memory, the stranglehold of the past, addiction, alcoholism, loneliness, regret, nostalgia, resignation, denial, blame, guilt, lies and illusion, love and forgiveness. They’re all here in the 1941 autobiographical masterpiece, Long Day’s Journey Into Night – a frequent contender for best American play, and one which won O’Neill a posthumous Pulitzer prize. It’s cathartic and multi-layered, but also funny. And terribly sad.
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Review: Faith Healer At The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Country & Town House | 27 Mar 2024
Go and see this production of Faith Healer by Brian Friel, one of the greatest Irish dramatists; it’s mesmerising and moving. It’s a four-scene play in which three characters act out their memories alone on stage —monologues delivered by Frank the faith healer, his wife, Grace, and his manager, Teddy: three unreliable narrators.
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Sustainable Bath And Shower Products To Shop Now
Country & Town House | 14 Mar 2024
What better time than now to scrub up in a newly-restored bath whilst breathing deeply of the latest sustainable home fragrance diffuser? To buff and wash your skin in the shower with sweetly scented organic products, sip a (B-Corp certified) tipple in the tub and loll in CBD-oil infused bathwater? And then to slaver yourself with planet-friendly potions when you hop out? Caroline Phillips presents a guide to the best sustainable shower and bath products.
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My first attempt at stand-up comedy … aged 64
The Times | 15 Jan 2024
I am onstage in front of 65 strangers who think I’m a stand-up comedian. I’ve never done anything like this before. Why have I agreed to expose myself to cracking jokes solo in public when I’d rather eat my own prostate, if I had one, or face the Covid-19 inquiry naked? I fear stage fright, hecklers and farting near the mike.
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8 Fantastic Organic Shampoos To Try Now
Country & Town House | 20 Dec 2023
If you have hair that’s chemically treated or coloured, or even if you don’t, this shampoo is unbeatable. It’s chokka with organic ingredients that smell so good, you’ll want to eat them. Think raw coconut and shea butter (to give the texture oomph), honey (to retain moisture and deliver lustre), pumpkin seed oil (preserving colour and vibrancy). Plus a dash of cranberry seed oil and Rooibos tea.
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Caroline Phillips’s Ultimate New Year’s Resolutions
Country & Town House | 20 Dec 2023
So you want to begin the New Year with new resolutions? Well, how about getting a new life, new family and new face? Not to mention some new artwork. Read on for Caroline Phillips’s ultimate quirky guide to making the year ahead one to really remember and love.
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Why Broughton Sanctuary offers just the tonic you need
Square Mile | 5 Dec 2023
I went to Broughton Sanctuary in Yorkshire upset, exhausted and hobbling after an accident. I was facing a personal crisis, my father’s illness and litigation. And also tackling selling my family home, empty-nest syndrome and finishing writing a book.
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Mind your movement – The Scoop
Country & Town House | 2 Nov 2023
If you miss your ballet days of yore, check out Julien Diaz’s Physical Intelligence, a movement therapy that will see you skipping into winter with a deeper connection to your body. This brilliant offering from Diaz, a former professional dancer who trained at Rambert, is a fusion of ballet, contemporary dance and motion – which he choreographs for the individual client’s needs at home.
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This new dance production is a must-see – Malevo, Sadler’s Wells
Country & Town House | 31 Oct 2023
Picture an extravaganza that recalls hints of the showmanship of the 1970s Village People mixed with a sprinkling of flamenco and a huge helping of reimagined Argentine folkloric dance. Then add some very talented bad-ass men in low-cut necks, black and leather with puffed chests stomping, strutting and thundering their energetic and talented feet to the pounding and pulsating of booming, thudding drums plus guitars and violins live on stage. And what do you get? The South American dance sensation Malevo.
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Aesthetic Treatments Our Testers Loved
Country & Town House | 18 Sep 2023
These 10 non-surgical aesthetic treatments – some new, some faithful – have been put to the test by our scrupulous beauty experts. Read on for our honest reviews, and to see which treatments came out on top.
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How To Create A Cost-Effective DIY Spa Experience At Home
Country & Town House | 31 May 2023
Getting the spa experience – while saving money – is what everyone needs to promote sleep, emotional and physical health. The first step? Taking the spa experience home with some DIY treatment. We’ve rounded up our favourite picks and products that will allow you to splash out on one or two luxuries, while still leaving plenty of cash in your wallet. And the big benefit? You’ll have loads of product left over for your next at-home spa day, making it even more cost effective.
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