Beauties on the beaches but no books
BUCKET and spade season is here again and the papers and magazines are full of those time-defying beauties in their bikinis, all toned and tanned and approaching 50 or sometimes 60.
One look at Elle Macpherson is enough to have most women packing a burkha in their beach bags.
I never worry about the fashion or the cellulite but am always curious as to what people are reading on holiday, yet how often do you catch a photo of a star with a book in her wonderfully manicured hand?
Or even a Kindle?
Perhaps the way to rediscover the joys of reading is for Victoria Beckham to be seen shepherding her children to the library or for a Waterstones bag to replace Louis Vuitton in the clutch of Kate Moss.