Arts and Entertainment

As the #Metoo campaign inspires more women and girls across the globe to be shining beacons of hope for women’s rights, Amal Clooney, the human rights barrister, and wife of film icon and activist, George, Clooney, is helping to empower one remarkable sixteen- year- old school girl, Kamar Omary,

Brazilian artist Kim Poor talks to journalist Alison Jane Reid about the day she met Salvador Dali.  Kim Poor’s exhibition Amazonia Imagined – the story of the vanishing world of the Amazon and its tribes, is currently showing at Sala Brazil at the Brazilian Embassy, London, until the end of

Chris Kilham Interview “Herbs will blow your mind,” declares Chris Kilham, aka the Medicine Hunter – the Indiana Jones meets David Attenborough of the plant world. To that I would also add a green James Bond and champion for nature and the exciting idea that food really can be our medicine,

Film Review Our Souls At Night I loved every minute of the film Our Souls At Night. At last, a profoundly moving, intelligent, gentle caress of a film, about ageing, human frailty, the importance of family and love, based on Kent Haruf’s beloved last novel written with the knowledge

This week’s archive interview and fashion story from my memoir – Tantrums, Tiaras and Typewriters –  is all about the Irish actor Colin Morgan, star of Merlin, Testament of Youth, The Living and the Dead, Humans and The Fall. This jazz age fashion story with Colin and Katie McGrath was a

Sundance Next Fest – A Voice for Artists Who Felt They Didn’t Have a Voice Are you doing anything special from this Thursday to Sunday? Yes! No! Or even if you are, I sweetly encourage you to drop everything and jump on a plane and go to the Sundance Next

Want to soak up the highlights from the Sundance Film Festival, before the rest of the world catches up and discover the next Amy Schumer? Then head to the golden state. Film, music and the best, magnetic, female comedic talent come together this weekend at the Sundance Next Fest, Los