Have you ever gone out with toast in your hair?(a) I believe the shade is called ‘honey’, not toast, and I never go out without my highlights in place.(b) It was a cornflake, actually, and I found it when a flock of seagulls started fighting over my

, ahead of the opening of her stage adaptation of We’re Going On A Bear Hunt, to find out her childhood experience of the theatre and why she thinks theatre is important for children.Q. What were your own experiences of theatre like as a child?A. Both my

’s antiquities. Hotels are geared up for year-round travel, with heated pools and indoor facilities if the days turn cool. Stay either at the chic Almyra in Paphos, a baby-friendly hotel that can provide all your baby equipment on arrival (www

keys décor, but the bedrooms required some careful maneouvring of various doors when you wanted to open cupboards or watch TV. Downstairs was a small kitchenette (not yet stocked with utensils) and cosy sofas, with doors opening out onto the courtyard

and Harrods. A book has also just been published, Vintage Style For Kids, featuring 25 patterns from the Their Nibs collection to make at home. Sitting with the book on her lap, absent-mindedly flicking through the pages, Fiona is clearly very proud of her

The first two weeks of August were always held sacred when I was a child as our annual family summer holiday. We’d all pile into our army-green Morris Mini Minor Traveller, with its cute little indicators that popped out from the side of the doors

within easy reach of the lower Atlas Mountains for day excursions. The Palmerie, Marrakech’s new chi-chi resort outside the city walls, is a great place to stay and Simpson Travel offers a good selection of fully-serviced villas. Villa Vanille sleeps up

KidsOnly club operates here too, and there are four beaches and two islands on which to play.The biggest hotel group on the island is the family-friendly Beachcomber, which offers a Bob Marlin Miniclub in each of its eight hotels. These cater for three

in my mind that one day I would work with clothes. I used to pour over my mother's Vogues, and later,French Elle with a mixture of stern criticism and unconfined longing.I was in a vintage magazine shop in the Marais the other day looking at mounds

Last Sunday, our wind-up door bell never seemed to stop buzzing. Every time we opened the front door, there was another curious stranger asking if they could look around our home. We were part of an eco open day, which saw 12 super energy