In 2022, the year Russia rolled into Ukraine, I attended the Venice Biennale. I was filled with all things Venice: the golden interior of St. Mark’s, the lapping of the canals, the picaresque bridges, the bells, the periodic flooding. I was also filled with Anselm Kiefer, whose work had been […]
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It is no secret that many people in Ireland like traditional Irish music. It’s also no surprise that most tourists do too. For, just like visits to stone circles, tombs, beehive huts and other Megalithic and Neolithic monuments, Irish trad offers a vivid, direct and immersive encounter with the roots […]
After many years of working with skin, I often find myself repeating the same advice to clients again and again, so this month I thought I’d share a few simple skincare reminders. Good skin is rarely about one miracle product; it’s usually about good habits and consistency. Cleansing properly, wearing […]
Something has shifted in the way we talk about ageing, and it goes deeper than semantics. For a long time, the beauty and wellness industries operated on a single, largely unexamined assumption: that growing older was a problem requiring a solution. Treatments promised to “reverse”, “correct”, or “fight’”the signs of […]







