Sex and the garden
byGardens and gardening remain lush, moist, sticky, tangled metaphors for hot, sometimes illicit sex, don’t they?
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Prince Philip – the Queen’s man
byWhatever else you may think of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who will be laid to rest on Saturday, April 17, you cannot but admire his ability to serve by standing by.
Playing the game of life
byHint: The valley is but preparation for the summit.
Aspects of grief
byAt a time when we’ve lost so many of our countrymen through the coronavirus and police violence against blacks, we asked psychotherapist Asha Tarry to talk to us about how to grieve those losses.
A house divided
byIn gaining their royal freedom, Harry and Meghan have also lost.
In love and war
bySeymour Topping’s love of storytelling has been matched only by his love for his wife, Audrey.
Traveling royally
byLuggage, flights and ? that will have you traveling in style.
Stamp collecting is not licked yet
byReports of the death of stamps and stamp collecting in the digital age are greatly exaggerated.
Basso profundo
byDennis Basso is larger than life – Falstaffian of figure and wit, stentorian of voice and big and bold in his thinking about fashion and his career in design.
Poppies, for remembrance
byAfter World War I, Georgia’s Moina Michael started the tradition of wearing poppies to honor the dead and serve the living.
Out of their sisters’ shadow
byThe sisterly relationships of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill and Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret had more in common than you might think, as two new, to-be-devoured-like-a-box-of-chocolates books illuminate.
Madame Butterfly
byIn her New Canaan home, portraitist Olga Sweet raises butterflies with son William.
My old Kentucky visit
byThe equine tenderness WAG Wanderer Barbara Barton Sloane witnessed in Kentucky horse country will stay with her forever.
Animal lust
byFew luxury houses are more closely associated with nature than Hermès. From its foundation in 1837 by Thierry Hermès as a maker of bridles…
Jewelry fit for a queen
byHarrods – check. Selfridges – check. Liberty London – check, check and check. Could Neiman Marcus be far behind? It couldn’t and it isn’t….
Boy George
byPlease, no jokes about “What’s in a name?” We all know the answer is always “plenty.” A name is an identity, so much so…
U.S.-U.K.:OK?
byUnderstanding America’s ‘special relationship’ with England In the romantic comedy “Love Actually,” Hugh Grant plays an enchantingly dithering British prime minister who’s a cross…