For years I’ve dreamed of spending a week or a month at a writer’s retreat. Lessons in a cosy sitting-room-turned-classroom on the edge of cliff, afternoons spent sitting in a windowseat scribbling down my novel. That’s never happened, not least of all because no one ever actually sat in a hard, uncomfortable windowseat for moreContinue reading “The Poor Woman’s Writing Retreat”
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How the Huffington Post says hello to the UK
After my oldest friend Tula and my former comrade Eleni at Allure magazine, Arianna Stasinopoulos Huffington is my favourite Greek. Whether or not you agree with the politics or even the editorial strategy of her site The Huffington Post, it has quickly become one of the most influential websites in America. She’s created a businessContinue reading “How the Huffington Post says hello to the UK”
Do expats celebrate 4th of July?
I can tell that I’ve finally assimilated into the British way of life when July 4 rolls around and my English husband has to remind me that maybe it might be fun to celebrate America’s adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Oh yeah. Should we have a burger or something? As a kid, I alwaysContinue reading “Do expats celebrate 4th of July?”
A very cool video of my spiritual home, New York City
I left New York City more than 8 years ago to live in London, and I still don’t think I’m over it. The city is like a lover I can never forget. Sometimes it drove me mad, or made me depressed. Sometimes I vowed to leave. I did do that once – relocating to Paris,Continue reading “A very cool video of my spiritual home, New York City”
Travel news: An in-ocean scuba course for 8-year-olds
I’ve written about (and loved) travel for years, so today I’m launching a new feature on my blog, Travel Fridays. I’m going to be writing about travel news and cool ideas for family travel. Look for regular posts every, er, Friday. For kids, learning to dive is a big leap, usually into an unglamorous cementContinue reading “Travel news: An in-ocean scuba course for 8-year-olds”
Cool kids’ TV shows – then and now
When I was young, TV didn’t have the bad name it has now. Back then it was a social studies medium, Broadway training ground and musical outlet extraordinaire. Sesame Street and The Electric Company (featuring actors like Rita Moreno and Morgan Freeman and eventually a victim of its own success according to Wikipedia) were theContinue reading “Cool kids’ TV shows – then and now”
What Brits really think about the royal wedding
It’s turning out to be a week of my culturally insightful gems re: Brits v Americans. My latest is a piece I wrote for an American website started by veteran newswoman Leslie Stahl, Whoopi Goldberg and other high-flyers. I give my fellow Americans the low-down on how Brits really view the royal wedding. SoContinue reading “What Brits really think about the royal wedding”
Video: American v British Easter
I take a cursory and light-hearted look at the way my bi-cultural family celebrates Easter. Homepage photo: Grant Cochrane / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Jennifer HowzeI’m a journalist and blogger. Previously I was The Times’s online lifestyle editor and Alpha Mummy blogger. Now I’m co-founder of BritMums and BritMums Live! – our annual blogging conference that draws hundreds.Continue reading “Video: American v British Easter”
Babies: a most uplifting movie
Leave it to the French to develop such a wonderfully weird and simple idea: shoot a wildlife documentary, in which the animals are babies. Producer Alain Chabat, who won a Cesar for Didier, created the concept? Thomas Balmes, the screenwriter and director, trained the camera on the four subjects. Then he let them get on withContinue reading “Babies: a most uplifting movie”