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Victoria Nangle comes up with a cracking joke and searches out some festive cheer in this season of goodwill

Alright, so it’s December. It’s officially cold, it’s officially getting scarily close to Christmas and I’m allowed to worry now without appearing too much to be the festive worry-wort I am, and it’s officially the season of good cheer. So where is it then?
With all the best ho, ho, hos in the world, bells jingling like they’re about to get disconnected they’re so jingly, and forced smiles at the ready, as we prepare to embark upon the annual odyssey to meet up with the relatives that time forgot, good cheer there ain’t. Anxious cheer a-plenty but good don’t get started until well after lunch on Christmas Day and that satisfied feeling of ‘we’re over the hump of it’ starts to emerge. That’s not to say that Christmas isn’t fun at all, it’s just bloody exhausting with it. So why not search out some Christmas cheer of our own?
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Dani is living a life of self-doubt and a growing sense of underachieving

Television and movies are to blame for many of us feeling let down by reality. We are bombarded with images of the perfect relationship, which immediately makes you doubt your own. We are also shown the perfect affair, which in turns makes you suspect your partner. We see perfect homes, perfect families, perfect friends, hair, bodies, teeth, skin and spend the rest of our time trying to achieve these goals that can only be written.
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Sandra Omo is packing her bag and reaching for the stars

If there is one thing being a model has taught me, it’s how to expect the worst, and then act like it‘s normal. As funny as this may sound, it is the plain truth, even though is not exactly spelt out like this. When you attend castings and auditions, you are expected, or shall I say taught, to hope for the best – the possibility that you might be the one chosen for the job; while at the same time expecting the worst – the possibility that you might not be picked.
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Andrew Kay heads north for nine days in the Netherlands and finds a warm and exciting welcome

“When it’s spring again, I’ll bring again…“ Sorry, forgive me, but I am just back from my annual trip to the low countries. This year a week in Amsterdam and two days in Arnhem. Arnhem is rather pretty but the highlight was a trip to a Robbers & van den Hoogen’s wine cellars, where the delightful Bonnie took us on an excellent guided tour and showed us a lot of wine that I can only dream about drinking.

In Amsterdam my time was divided between two hotels. First up: the very smart and luxurious Amsterdam American, which was conveniently a five-minute stroll from most of the great museums and galleries. The hotel is of international standard and stylish, slick and efficient. The dining room, though, is of museum quality, a grand affair in the Art Nouveau style, a fin de siecle masterpiece, with a painted brick vaulted ceiling, beautiful glass and huge arched window overlooking the Leidseplein. Sitting there for a rather grand Dutch breakfast was an excellent experience.
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