Andie MacDowell - From Greystoke to Four Weddings and a Funeral, Cuckoo and Maid
Happy birthday to Andie MacDowell writes arts journalist Alison Jane Reid. The actress was the ultimate, unattainable dreamgirl opposite Hugh Grant in Four Weddings and a Funeral, artistic trailer trash in Maid and a piece of wacky, inspired casting in the British comedy Cuckoo.
Mr Darcy, Bridgerton, Sanditon and the Power, Mayhem and Mythology of The Romantic Hero and a Wet White Regency Shirt!
Mr Darcy is back! Twenty Seven years after Colin Firth emerged from his lake at Pemberley, in that celebrated wet, white Regency shirt writes arts and culture journalist Alison Jane as she explores the reinvention of Darcy in Bridgerton and Sanditon.
It's Witchcraft! Happy Birthday to Elizabeth Montgomery Our Favourite Witch!
It's Witchcraft! How we want to be Elizabeth Montgomery, the sixties actress, activist and star of the cult comedy Bewitched writes arts and entertainment journalist Alison Jane Reid.
Murina - The Dazzling Coming of Age Seaside Film Noir Starring Gracija Filipovic
Murina, the Camera d'Or film debut by director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic is a shimmering, unsettling film debut that explores coming of age and male violence in Splash's dark sister writes arts journalist Alison Jane Reid.
The Sanditon 2 Review
Sanditon is Back! Arts Journalist Alison Jane Reid writes about the arrival of Ben Lloyd-Hughes in Sanditon 2 as a deeply emotional Mr Darcy archetype who is better suited to Jane Austen's legacy and ideal of the flawed romantic hero.
Spy: Lauren Bacall's Noirish Style at Winser London, Preloved Nirvana at The Summer Art & Antiques Fair Olympia and Vivien Leigh Soiree in Devon
Hot of the press, this week's Luminaries Spy column falls hard for Lauren Bacall's sultry, femme fatale style with Winser London's Lauren edit and we can't wait to go antique and art hunting at The Antique and Art Fair London and you are invited to our Vivien Leigh Soiree!
Spy: Venice Biennale Petit Grand Tour, Preloved Frank Usher Cyan Blue Forties Gown at Oxfam and Skip into Spring with Nutriburst at Selfridges
See Venice and the Biennale 2022, like a local, with admired historians and art experts as your luminary hosts on a one of a kind mini grand tour. Then become a patron of Oxfam fashion online for handpicked vintage and preloved fashion treasures loved by fashion editors.