There is nothing like mum. She has given up so much for you, working to exhaustion to look after you when you were sick, helping with your homework, giving you a hug when you scraped your knee, setting boundaries, making you feel special but mostly being there for you and making you who you are today. While Mother;s Day in undoubtedly commercial, it gives you a chance to show your mum how special she is and just how much she means to you.  Read more... (429 words, 3 images, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

The Crimson Petal And The White is an intimate psychological thriller, that lifts the lid on the darker side of Victorian London revealing a world seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.  Read more... (962 words, 3 images, estimated 3:51 mins reading time)

Congratulations Reese – Just Don’t Rub It In To Renee

Britney’s been dating hers for years and Scar-Jo dragged hers along as her Oscar date, now Reese Witherspoon has taken the trend a step further and tied the knot with her agent Jim Toth. The couple exchanged vows at her £4.5 million estate in Ojai, California, where the 35-year-old mum-of-two wore a stunning Monique Lhullier dress. Among the 120 guests were Matthew McConaughey, Robert Downey Junior, Tobey Maguire, Salma Hayek and Renee Zellweger, who was no doubt putting on a brave face after her recent shock split from her fiancé Bradley Cooper. (We hear she had already bought the wedding dress!) We suspect Renee and Reese had a lot to talk about after reports that Bradley has been getting very cosy with his Limitless co-star Abbie Cornish. Yes, THAT Abbie Cornish, the woman behind Reese’s split from her baby daddy and former husband of eight years Ryan Phillippe. But it looks like Reese finally has her happy ending with Toth – they met in January 2010, got engaged at Christmas (he presented her with a £150,000 four-carat Ashoka diamond – bit lame after hearing about Liz Taylor’s love mementos below right?) and wasted no time in making things official yesterday. Hell, they even released 80 white doves into the air when they said ‘I do’… aaagh. Why 80, I’m not sure, but if I’d got my invite I’d have found out, wouldn’t I, Reese? How rude.  Read more... (1483 words, 6 images, estimated 5:56 mins reading time)

It has been a busy week, you’re stressed  and all you want is to relax and enjoy the weekend but how do you unwind and leave the office behind you to make the most out of those magical two days you have off? Here are Belle’s top tips to unwinding and shaking off the working week to welcome  the weekend!  Read more... (767 words, 6 images, estimated 3:04 mins reading time)

They have been seen on the catwalk, in the front row of the ready to wear collections and on celebrities so now it’s time to put the black back in the wardrobe and look forward to standing out from the crowd in clashing brights!  Read more... (198 words, 3 images, estimated 48 secs reading time)

Prepare to be taken back to your childhood in Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest West End offering. After discovering Danielle Hope on BBC1’s Over The Rainbow, he’s invested a lot of time and imagination in the magical Wizard of Oz. Danielle skips through the production as Dorothy and while she doesn’t belt out the song she’s known for, Over The Rainbow, she hits all the right notes and maintains her American accent throughout.  Read more... (438 words, 3 images, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

There’s a new girlband on the block who can sing; aren’t divas, get on well with each other and haven’t all got honeyed highlights. Such an entity doesn’t exist! Well, actually, it does in the form of Parade, the latest girlband on the block who are on the cusp of big things.  Read more... (211 words, 2 images, estimated 51 secs reading time)

I was first introduced to this simple but delicious salad that is the staple of the Turkish cuisine by my good friend Hakan. The flavours are fresh and appetising and the salad goes wonderfully with grilled meats or fish. It is also fabulous as a meal on its own with added feta, olives, toasted sesame seeds and some toasted flatbread and is the perfect dish to pack for your first picnic of the year as the weather gets warmer and sunnier. It is healthy, low fat, and low carb and still tastes good and best of all once the chopping is done, it takes just a couple of minutes to prepare!  Read more... (297 words, 3 images, estimated 1:11 mins reading time)

Healthy, glowing skin radiates beauty and helps women to look younger. While foundation can cover imperfections and wrinkles it is no substitute for natural skin that shines. Here is Belle’s guide to getting your face gleaming without weighing it down in heavy foundation.  Read more... (375 words, 4 images, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)