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Gwyneth Paltrow has a book curator, of
course she does. what is even more wonderful
is his name — thatcher wine. I might just
marry him, so that everyone can call me
Mrs wine, which they do anyway, but behind
my back.
thatcher is a bibliophile who has tapped
into the bottomless market of silly rich
celebrities paying people to do absurd
things for them, to make them feel even
more special.
Since 2001 he has been busy sourcing rare
books to build beautiful libraries for his
clients, who include the actress Laura Dernand new york’s fashionable noMad hotel.
when Gwyneth remodelled her L.A. home a
few years ago, thatcher went shopping by
the yard.
‘She realised she needed about five or six
hundred more books to complete the
shelves,’ he said. the ones in the dining room,
wine reveals, were chosen not by topic, but by
the jacket.
‘we stuck to a rigid colour palette of black,
white, and grey,’ he said. Books — even Miss
Paltrow’s own titles — should really be
respected in their own right. not as décor
accents in a Californian mansion.Decorating by the books
How to get
a clean bill
of health
Put down that duster and listen. new
research from norway suggests that doing
an hour of household chores every day can
halve the risk of ‘early death’ — yippee.
Sixty minutes of light activity such as
cleaning, cooking or dusting — or five
minutes of moderate activity such as
vacuuming, mowing the lawn or
taking a brisk walk — means you will live
much longer.
Good news, as I would much rather clean
out a cupboard and scrub the bathroom
taps than go to the gym. exercise plus the
rosy inner glow that comes from making
your home spotless? It is a win-win for me,
as I almost love my henry the hoover
more than I have loved any man.
the norwegian scientists suggest thatmore is not always better in terms of
physical activity for health. they
discovered moderate physical activity,
such as damp dusting the skirting boards,
can have optimal health benefits.
And as the old saying goes, a clean house
is always a sign that the internet is down.Amanda’s
top rear?
Oh dear ...
WHAT? Amanda Holden wins Rear
of the Year? It is not still 1968, is it?
No doubt Amanda is more than
worthy of the title, but it seems
remarkable that this reductive
competition still
even exists. How has it escaped
the attention of the feminist
police? For having a male
competition too doesn’t excuse
its continued existence.
But not only is it thriving, over
12,000 people considered a
variety of celebrity botties before
deciding that Amanda’s was best.
‘She has a particularly shapely,
well-toned and, above all,
proportionate and understated
rear,’ said one judge, as if he were
talking about a Volkswagen car or
a Crufts entrant.
Is it sexist to suggest that
Carol Vorderman and Holly
Willoughby must be furious
about this Holden triumph? Yes!
What a bummer.