My friend Charlotte Tilbury (pictured), the flame-haired beauty magnate, recently took one look at me and said she was going to send over some of her products to help with my appearance.
It's only in the past few months that I have regained an acute sense of smell. And the world is suddenly a very different and at times a rather overwhelming place.
There was less cheering news at Burberry , where 1,700 staff are losing their jobs. This matters. Burberry is the standard-bearer for UK fashion and our only brand with true global resonance.
ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: What if my son falls in love with a South American and starts a family in Sao Paolo? What if he marries someone who views his old life as something to be scrubbed out?
It's hard to believe mammograms are currently undertaken only by female health workers, rather than simply by anyone - man or woman - with the right qualifications.