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The hot new massage trend

Do you remember that Madonna film, Body of Evidence? God damn it, you’d forgotten all about it and now I’ve gone and brought it up again… It gets worse – I am about to remind you of the very scene … Continue reading

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GRAND HOTEL DE BORDEAUX

Here’s my article on The Grand Hotel, which originally appeared in my SuperSpas column in The Sunday Times. The Grand Hotel is home to France’s hottest city spa of the moment. The hotel is an eye-catching neoclassical confection, designed to … Continue reading

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BEST FAKE TAN

Bordeaux is having a bit of a moment, partly because it’s had the sort of facelift that makes Joan Rivers look penny-pinching and partly because the success of Marion Cotillard’s recent movie Les Petits Mouchoirs (above, basically The Big Chill … Continue reading

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