Heather Main

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Heather Main

Once a rite of passage for society girls preparing for debutante balls, the traditional finishing school fell out of favour in the mid-1990s – with schools attended by the likes of Princess Diana closing their doors for good. But on the edge of Lake Geneva, at the foot of the Alps, Switzerland’s last finishing school – the acclaimed Institut Villa Pierrefeu (IVP), still has a huge demand for places, despite a six-week course in etiquette costing upwards of £22,000.

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Heather Main

Once a right of passage for society girls preparing for debutante balls, the traditional finishing school fell out of favour in the mid-1990s - with schools attended by the likes of Princess Diana closing their doors for good. But on the edge of Lake Geneva, at the foot of the Alps, Switzerland's last finishing school - the acclaimed Institut Villa Pierrefeu (IVP), still has a huge demand for places, despite a six-week course in etiquette costing upwards of £22,000.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Heather Main

I have always loved travelling, and have spent most of my adult life either on the move or planning my next adventure. In 2014, I was living in London when my dad, Eric, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). I immediately moved back to my home town of New Plymouth in New Zealand, to help and spend time with him. When he passed away in October 2022, I wanted to find a way to process my grief, and I was desperate to get back out into the world.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Heather Main

Catherine Taylor does not use the swing in the front porch of her picture-perfect cottage in Yorkshire. Made for her by her teenage son Jack, it has become an almost unbearably poignant reminder of a happier time. Catherine, a pharmacist, and her husband Henry, a self-employed builder, haven’t seen Jack for almost a year. Their bright 16-year-old – whom they adopted at the age of three – is living in a flat 50 miles away and working, they suspect, for a so-called County Lines drug-running gang.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Heather Main

Anyone who’s recently named their child Leo may be experiencing buyer’s remorse right now: given the appointment of the new Pope, it’s set to become even more popular. As The Telegraph recently reported, the business of baby naming has never been more controversial: one in five grandparents baulks at the name bestowed upon their grandchild, as the trend for giving children increasingly unusual names continues.