Alison Jane Reid
Total 345 Posts
Beat Hayfever with Herbal Medicine Heroes from Nettles to Camomile and Getting Dirty in the Garden!
Spring fever is here and that means hayfever too! Medical Herbalist Esme Greenway looks at ways to beat seasonal allergies by harnessing potent medicinal plants from camomile and dandelion to getting our hands dirty in the garden or allotment!
Fashion Icon: Dress Like Ingrid Bergman For a Journey to Italy in Fifties Haute Couture Lace, Leather, Silk and Tweed
Journey to Italy, starring Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders is a neo-realism masterpiece of Italian fifties cinema. It is also compelling for the way it documents fifties culture, fashion and archaeology with unmissable slow fashion writes Alison Jane Reid.
The Luminary Review - I Know Where I Am Going, Riveting RFK Interviews, Desert Island Discs and Other New BFI Films, Radio and Video Treasures
I Know Where I Am Going is the Powell and Pressburger Film to Rival Brief Encounter writes Alison Jane Reid in The Luminaries Magazine. It's got steam trains, golden eagles and craggy, ruined castles and it stars Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey the other Olivier.
Slow Fashion Friday - Organic Fashion is All the Rage from PJs to Cashmere and Haute Couture Fit for Marilyn and Lauren
It's Slow Fashion Friday and there is an art to lounging fabulously in organic cotton and cashmere writes journalist Alison Jane Reid, as she is inspired by Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall and Betty Grable in How to Mary a Millionaire
The Luminaries March Hot List - Robert Kennedy's New Camelot, Easter Slow Chocolate By The Chocolate Detective, Dame Wendy Hiller, The Gupta Programme and Artist Angelica Kauffman
What's Hot in March - Luminary Culture Journalist Alison Jane Reid is excited about Kennedy 24, Powell and Pressburger, Dame Wendy Hiller, Neuroplasticity and the Queen's Favourite Artisan Chocolatier
Friday Slow Fashion Star! N Peal's Form-fitting Organic Cashmere Maxi Dress from Mongolia to Venice
This week's organic slow fashion star is a dream of a cashmere black, form-fitting dress from the Mongolian steppes to Venice in work of art organic cashmere by N Peal, writes arts and fashion journalist Alison Jane Reid
The Luminaries Review
The Luminaries Magazine February Arts and Entertainment Review is published. Read All About The Apartment, Black Narcissus, All Passion Spent and the best new independent French Films to Watch at the BFI.
