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Galina’s January Star Reads

February 3, 2021February 4, 2021 by galina

January signals the beginning of a new year and often brings with it quite a long list of new book publications. A few years ago we were bombarded with books about weight loss, diets and ‘new read more

Posted in CultureTagged book review, books, bryan washington, curiosity gap, dawn french, sanae lemoineLeave a comment

“AUDREY: More Than An Icon” documentary

December 28, 2020December 29, 2020 by galina

“Audrey: More Than An Icon” is a recently released documentary by a young director Helena Coan. Many years after her untimely death from cancer, Audrey read more

Posted in CultureTagged Audrey Hepburn, curiosity gap, documentary, Helena Coan, Hollywood actressLeave a comment

Green & Clean Beauty: did we lose our way ?

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 by galina

Like “authenticity”, “community” is a meaningful word, not a marketing slogan. As someone who has been writing about beauty & wellbeing for over a decade, I have been observing the subtle read more

Posted in CultureTagged beauty gap, clean beauty, curiosity gap, green beauty, honesty beauty conversationsLeave a comment

Galina Reviews: Frances Cha “If I Had Your Face”

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 by galina

I was lucky to get my hands on the early digital copy of Frances Cha “If I Had Your Face” in June thanks to Penguin Random House read more

Posted in CultureTagged book review, books, Frances Cha, galina reads, galina reviews, If I Had Your Face, penguin random house, plastic surgery, South Korea, the curiosity gapLeave a comment

Galina Reviews: “A Double Life” by Charlotte Philby

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 by galina

A good book always makes a great gift, to self or to others, but in pandemic times books also offered salvation, when we all were stuck inside and looking for ways to calm down or be distracted from read more

Posted in CultureTagged A Double Life, books, Charlotte Philby, crime fiction, curiosity gap, HarperCollins UK, the curiosity gap, writer, writingLeave a comment

Sunday Reads Book Club by Desmond & Dempsey

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 by galina

Book clubs are good for heads & souls, uniting people who like reading, as much as they like talking and writing. From all walks of life and ages, creative threads of storytelling pulling people read more

Posted in CultureTagged book club, books, curiosity gap, desmond & dempsey, jacqueline woodson, newspapers, Red By The Bone, Sunday Reads, the curiosity gapLeave a comment

“WINE GIRL” review

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 by galina

I will be honest – what first attracted me to the news of the US publication of “WINE girl” by Victoria James was the fact that she was the youngest read more

Posted in CultureTagged curiosity gap, sommelier, Victoria James, WINE GirlLeave a comment

Tips to help stay healthy & calm during Corona virus

March 15, 2020March 15, 2020 by galina

Undoubtedly there is so much going on around us, at home and abroad, that it is very difficult to stay calm or emotionally unaffected. Corona virus is spreading, people are dying & feeling vulnerable, read more

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Daniel Levitin & Camilla Cavendish on “80 being the new 30”

March 10, 2020March 11, 2020 by galina

We tend to associate old age with deterioration, especially of our mental powers & body’s ability to function as effectively, as it does in our youth. However, if latest developments are anything read more

Posted in CultureTagged ageing, books, camilla cavendish, curiosity gap, Daniel Levitin, extra time, science, The Changing Mind, the curiosity gapLeave a comment

Isabel Allende in-conversation with Erica Wagner

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 by galina

When a few months ago I heard on the literary grapevine that the legendary writer Isabel Allende was coming to London’s Southbank Centre to read more

Posted in CultureTagged books, culture gap, curiosity gap, Isabel Allende, Latin American writers, southbank centre, the curiosity gap, writersLeave a comment
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