The Lady Magazine

23 September 2016

Dear Readers, Emily Blunt always seems to me to be one of those delightful women who would be great to be stuck in a train carriage with – which is odd as her latest film, The Girl On The Train, presents her as the sort of passenger best avoided. She has an adorable look, rather oldfashioned, even when she is being haughty, as she was as the lunch-starved, romance-bereft, PA in The Devil Wears Prada. Still, her job got her the best dresses in the end, if not the date. Liz Hodgkinson has recently been on lots of dates and has been shocked to discover that on many occasions she has been expected to pay. Is this right? Is there a price on romance? One way to avoid the nasty issue of who foots the bill is to meet your friends and potential loved ones on a cruise, where everything is usually included. Some of the best holidays I’ve had and nicest people I’ve met have been on cruises. For a taster, why not take a flick through our cruise special and then perhaps even visit the fashion pages and invest in some cruise wear. It’s a look that makes the world go round… Until next week, best wishes Sam Taylor