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The Latest Twist On The Pampering Concept Is Spa Parties, Where A Group Of Friends Take Over An Entire Spa.

I Am Firmly Of The Opinion That Women Who Make A Lot Of Effort To Hang Onto Their Looks In Middle Age (unless They Are Beauties, Entertainers Or Prostitutes) Are Rather Sad, As One Should Surely Have Something More Substantial To Recommend One By This Time, Such As Kindness Or Cleverness.

As I Get Older I Think, Contrary To Modern Assumption But In Line With The Old Lerner And Lowe Song, That It Would Actually Benefit Both Them And Society If - To Quote Professor Higgins - A Woman Could Be More Like A Man.

As A Child, I Wanted Only Two Things - To Be Left Alone To Read My Library Books, And To Get Away From My Provincial Hometown And Go To London To Be A Writer. And I Always Knew That When I Got There, I Wanted To Make Loads Of Money.

'stress' Was The Catch-all Every Pamper-pedlar I Spoke To Used To Explain Why Healthy Women Feel The Need To Be Regularly Patted, Petted And Preened Into A State Of Babyish Beatification.