Archive For January 2008
Over the years, Sheena Sippy has shot ad campaigns for Johnson’s Baby Soap and others. She has also immortalised celebrities such as Zakir Husain, international model Naomi Campbell and politician and ex-cricketer Imran Khan. Sheena also undertakes freelance assignments for fashion magazines like Verve and Elle. She was probably destined to do great things. She…
Allium sativum, garlic or the Stinking Rose are all names for that little bulb that stirs such passions. Either you love it or you hate it. You think the odour is enough to choke a dog off a meat wagon or you love the perfume as it heralds the possibility of another flavourful delight. I…
The industry has been in a state of evolution since the first chocolate house was opened in London in 1657. No, I don’t mean a house made of chocolate, nor a house in which one eats chocolate, but a kind of bar for chocolate. No, not a bar OF chocolate but a place for drinking…
Chinese food – but not as we know it! What picture do we conjure up when we think of a Sunday morning in Chinatown in London? For most of us it’s steaming plates of noodles, perhaps succulent dim sum or richly lacquered duck hanging like mahogany curios in shop windows! An equally correct view would…
I confess to being a great fan of Bill Buckley. He has a style all his own, openly gay and sometimes camp, he has developed a warm rapport with his loyal late-night listeners who are evidently fond of the man. He presents a staggering 4 hours of broadcasting each night, from Tuesday to Friday (1am…