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
Galina’s January Star Reads
Culture
“AUDREY: More Than An Icon” documentary
“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
Green & Clean Beauty: did we lose our way ?
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
Galina Reviews: Frances Cha “If I Had Your Face”
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
Galina Reviews: “A Double Life” by Charlotte Philby
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
Sunday Reads Book Club by Desmond & Dempsey
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
“WINE GIRL” review
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
Tips to help stay healthy & calm during Corona virus
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,
Daniel Levitin & Camilla Cavendish on “80 being the new 30”
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
Isabel Allende in-conversation with Erica Wagner
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