Dinner at the Apex Quayside Bar & Grill

This restaurant review is in exchange for a gifted dinner and drinks at the Apex Hotel’s Quayside Bar & Grill in Dundee. The low down The last time I ate in the Apex’s restaurant was 2016. I was there for the office Christmas lunch – there were around 25 of us at our table and… View Post

Outside the sartorial comfort zone

Even though I found my personal style in my early 30s (quality tailoring, pretty dresses, jeans, fine knitwear and a lot of neutral colours primarily made up of black) I still think it’s good to try something new now and then. Occasionally, I’ll try a look that’s outside my comfort zone, something that feels a… View Post

An evening with Max Mara

I can remember when I first fell for the charms of Italian fashion house Max Mara. It was 2010 – god, almost 10 years ago – and, at 28, my style was beginning to take on a more tailored, grown up aesthetic. At the time, I had not long finished work experience at Harper’s Bazaar… View Post

Skincare journey: finding my happy face

This post is the third and final instalment of a skincare series over three months (July – September – due to holidays, the project was completed in October). The series is a gifted collaboration with In The Line Of Beauty, a Dundee skincare specialist service provided by Kezia Miskell-Reid. Catch up on part 2 of… View Post

His first trip to the ballet

This post is a review of the Scottish Ballet’s Wee Hansel and Gretel, for which we were given three press tickets. I fell in love with the ballet in 2013, a freezing January in Edinburgh when I saw the Scottish Ballet’s performance of The Nutcracker. It was an experience that truly moved me and one… View Post