An interview with actress Britt Rentschler. Britt is a film and stage actress based in LA. She is a member of Mensa and can be seen in Uncle Frank, a film about family, persecution and acceptance. It features a brilliant central performance by Paul Bettany.

An organic recipe for poached pear and prickly pear by botanic chef Brad Roe. Brad is head chef at the Ventnor Botanic Garden on the Isle of Wight.

Dame Helen Mirren Champions this Christmas UK Reading Appeal to deliver books to children and teenagers in deprived areas of the UK to transform lives through books and to nurture imagination.

Here is this week's vintage fashion piece to treasure column. Consider a Jean Varon vintage designer dress at Oxfam Online in the palest peach or beige. A shade that is very flattering. The dress is in perfect condition, considering its age. It was originally purchased from Harrods in 1963.

The Crown Season Four is Riveting Television writes journalist Alison Jane Reid. Just don't believe a word of what you see, especially in its harsh and unjust portrait of Prince Charles. Charles is more organic man than a Machiavellian Richard the third.

Did you know that the reason many of us wash our hair daily, is simply because a clever ad man in the style of Mad Man’s Don Draper, persuaded us that we really should, simply to sell more shampoo, back in the fifties and sixties, the age when advertising

Ethical Hedonist Magazine presents an evening of sinfully slow living with film actress Britt Rentschler, bestselling author Carl Honore from the world-famous Ventnor Botanic Garden. There will be gourmet chef's demo using organic, seasonal and wild ingredients foraged from England's hottest garden.