‘My Mother is getting married” my 13-year-old daughter, Domino told her teacher. “How lovely, who is she marrying?” the teacher asked, “My father” came the reply.

Fitness, wellness, health. All good things but when you speak the words out loud everyone is put on edge.

Some designers build collections out of the wispiest of ideas. A Peter Beard photograph or an old Barbour jacket found in the charity shop of a horse-obsessed town.

I felt a little foolish. I was only partially dressed in a bikini and wobbling around on the sand doing a deep curtsey. Prince Philip had arrived to stay for a brief visit with my family who were holidaying in the Bahamas. He was on his way back from a working trip with the World Wildlife Fund.

Camels in Eygypt, horses in India, safari’s in Africa, sheep farms in Australia, Bungee jumps in Germany, parachuting in NewZealand, and hand gliding in Brasil, (after a very long lunch). I’m always ready for adventure.

My father was eccentric in many respects; he ate strawberries covered in pepper, and he always let the fizz out of Coca-Cola before drinking it. But don’t for a minute to think he drank it au naturel - it was heavily laced with alcohol.

It all begins with an idea.

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It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.