Welcome to MSL at the start of 2013. I would like to thank all of you for taking an interest in what we do and for helping us to grow. 2013 has many opportunities for us and I hope to retain your friendship because we share similar values. In 2012 I accrued thousands of air...Read More
Through glimpses of me in this blog and the work of the MSL team you will know that I am passionate about many things, including fashion. I am passionate about the ability of the arts to change social perceptions and to inspire others; fashion forms a significant part of that desire to change. Through the...Read More
I sometimes think I was meant to shape serendipity because I enjoy chance encounters with new people. I seek situations and environments where I meet people who might enrich my business ideas or bring a new dimension to my creative life. The team at MSL spend time in virtual environments meeting people and encouraging them...Read More
When Vidal Sassoon opened his first salon in London in 1954 his Bauhaus-influenced styles marked the end of the beehive and the bouffant – hairstyles curled and piled, to achieve height and shellacked into place. Sassoon, who has died aged 84 produced futuristic, creative cuts in the 1960s that fell into place every time, illustrating...Read More
I spent last week working in the city of Muscat in The Sultanate of Oman, the third largest country in the Arabian Peninsula. It overlooks the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean, adjacent to the Republic of Yemen, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. As you might...Read More
I can’t remember a time when I didn’t have a book in my hands. I love the printed word and I have many books on a range of topics that I have read and collected over 30 years. What I find interesting is that I can’t throw books away. I can recycle them, push them...Read More
I have spent this last week in Jakarta meeting some amazing people. I travelled from London to Singapore and on to Jakarta and as I sit and write this blog on my flight home I am left with a sense that my return journey in July will be even more interesting. So let me give...Read More
Some of you will have seen my tweets over the last week about my time in Baku, Azerbaijan. I knew little about the country other than its location in the world. Azerbaijan is at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. It is surrounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the...Read More
I guess by now you will have actively thought and possibly have done something to celebrate today, International Women’s Day. Last year I wrote about how Italian women celebrate achievements by displaying mimosa, a yellow fragrant flower. My topic today is about the visibility of women and this links with the International Women’s Day theme...Read More
Some of you will recall my advent tweets that started seven days before Christmas. Each tweet mentioned something about the charity that I chair, the National Youth Music Theatre and a celebrity who started their career there. Two months later I can reveal that the tweets led to an event on Monday 20 February at...Read More
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