The Crow Road by Iain Banks
We are so very sad to hear about the far too early death of the writer Iain Banks at 59. For those of you who have never read any of Iain Bank’s books, can we suggest you start with The… Read More
Philip Kingsley Hair Dietary Supplements
I started to take these dietary supplements from Philip Kingsley around Christmas time because I was a bit concerned my hair was thinning with age. Around April time, people began saying things like ‘have you changed your hair colour?” or… Read More
Two things to buy from Gap
Back in the day, Gap used to be fabulous. Light years before Uniqlo took over cheerful casual dressing, Gap had everything you needed for stylish weekend dressing plus a splash of Californian cheer. Original supermodels looked chic in the capris,… Read More
Laurie Anderson and LUCZA give-away
Exciting news…we have two tickets to see Kronos Quartet & Laurie Anderson at the Barbican…. TO GIVE AWAY! I know, aren’t we the big hearted blog!
The tickets, which are for 28th June 2013, have been kindly donated by LUCZA,… Read More
Grenada Chocolate Company at Rococo Chocolate
I love everything about the Rococo Chocolate company founded by Chantal Coady. Obvs the chocolate is fabulous, so much more interesting than anything else I’ve ever tried, but I’ve loved her store from the moment it opened on the Kings… Read More
Street style: dressing for a chilly summer
One of the first spring Hammersmith Vintage Fairs back in April saw some of the stall holders looking beautifully styled in maxi lengths. If the chilly weather carries on, it might be worth thinking about a maxi dress as a… Read More
Washed linen bedlinen, the one time wrinkles are chic
I need to buy some new bed linen for my household (you might remember there are four men and me) which is always a challenge if I’m to keep everyone happy. It was fine when all three sons had Thomas… Read More
Cake Design: 50 Fabulous Cakes by Cressida Bell
How much do I want this book? I saw it in the Saturday Telegraph magazine and there are a few more images on our Instagram page. The author Cressida Bell comes from a creative family, her great aunt was Virginia… Read More
Style Icon: Alexandra and Pippa Small
I was taken to Chelsea Flower Show last week by the lovely team from Gudrun Sjõdén and we had a fabulous time. While there I was introduced to the sisters Pippa and Alexandra Small. Pippa as you may all know,… Read More
Something for the weekend: Hermes Festival des Metiers
If you chance this weekend, catch the last day of the Hermès Festival des Métiers at the Saatchi Gallery in the Kings Road London. It’s on until the 27th May and lets you glimpse into the ateliers of Hermès by… Read More
Boots Make It Happen on Pinterest
Well the #bootsmakeithappen twitter party was fun. Did you follow it? I learnt a large amount about keeping healthy and AT LAST found out what almond milk is (chopped almonds soaked in water, then drained. Don’t buy the processed stuff-… Read More
Perfume Review: Peony & Blush Suede
Jo Malone has a new perfume out in September, Peony & Blush Suede and last week we went along to the launch, to be WOWed by the floral installations by East London based floral artist Rebecca Louise Law. Using 10,000… Read More
How to tie a bunch of flowers with That Flower Shop and Ally Capellino
As part of Chelsea Fringe Ally Capellino and That Flower Shop got together to offer a flower workshop for some of their customers and we were invited along. I am rubbish at arranging flowers, I stick to putting all of… Read More
Red Cross Vintage moves to Buckingham Palace Road
A quick mention for our friends over at the Red Cross vintage store in Victoria, who have moved around the corner from the old Ebury Street site to a magnificently sized new store on Buckingham Palace Road. You may remember… Read More
Light As Air bra from M&S
It’s nearly a year since Soozie Jenkinson, head of lingerie design at M&S showed me the Light As Air Bra at a press day and explained it was worth my attention. Whatever other issues it has, M&S is pretty good… Read More
Chelsea in Bloom: Our winning windows
Hard to believe it’s been a year since we did the last Chelsea in Bloom windows, with all that Jubilee fever. This year (most) of the retailers who’ve entered the competition have done less showy, more considered windows that I… Read More
Royal Apothic launches at Anthropologie Kings Road
Just launched at Anthropologie in the Kings Road is Royal Apothic, a Los Angeles/London based perfume and beauty brand founded by the effervescent Sean O’Mara and it’s rather lovely. Finding a well priced perfume that is a quality smell and… Read More
More perfume for teenage boys (and girls) from Gorilla Perfume
This post is a follow on from the perfume for Teenage Boys post I did recently and it’s also for our reader Tiffany, who mentioned she had a teenage skater boy to buy for and did we have any ideas?… Read More
Thought for the weekend from Anna Ford
“Women of age often (but not always) have wisdom, beauty, tolerance and humour, intelligence, experience, empathy, understanding, are highly qualified and show boundless energy. Even more importantly, they bring another point of view. So why aren’t they being chosen when… Read More
Filofax Original, my retro stationery crush
Do you remember your first Filofax?….They were the must-have accessory in the 80s, along with giant shoulder pads, double breasted brightly coloured jackets and big earrings. No working girl was seen without hers, our whole world of addresses, phone numbers… Read More
Five things to buy at &Other Stories
For anyone whose been living under a rock for the last couple of months, & Other Stories is the big new brand launch from the H&M portfolio, we mentioned it here. Now the opening excitement has passed and we’ve had… Read More
Be Awesome, Modern Life for Modern Ladies by Hadley Freeman
REALLY looking forward to reading this. We love Hadley and it’s bound to be well written, so enough said. Anyone read it yet? Let us know what you think
Be Awesome by Hadley Freeman… Read More
Five things to buy at Jaeger’s Boutique Gallery
Last week the weather got warm enough for me to think about spring clothes and this sartorial urge gave me an excuse to visit the new Boutique Gallery space at the Jaeger store in Regent Street. I’d read about this… Read More
Cabbages & Roses at Uniqlo
Cabbages & Roses is one of our favourite small brands, founder Christine Strutt’s clothes carve their own charming, trend-free route that has garnered her a devoted following of customers. We’re thrilled that she’s got a Uniqlo range and her lovely… Read More
Grown up ways to sell, from Harvey Nichols
As we all buy more online, retailers are working hard to try and figure out how to tempt us back into their stores. The up-side of this is that our demographic (being a bit better off than the student-debt ridden… Read More
Fancy coming to our Twitter party? For Boots Make It Happen campaign
Exciting news….we’ve been invited to a Twitter Party for the Boots Make it Happen campaign. It’ll be our first social network party and we hope you’ll all come as you can have a Twitter party while doing a million other… Read More
Sugar & Spice by Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra
I am indebted to The Foodie Bugle for pointing out Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra’s wonderfully written, cultural mash-up baking books. Born in India, brought up in Guyana, educated in the US, now married to a Dutchman and living in Holland, Gaitri is… Read More
Last time I looked, trainers were white: neon trainers from Nike and New Balance
One of the more horrid aspects of increased age is the impact on health. Once robust and invincible friends have started to crumble with age-related illnesses, so in order to get a teeny bit fitter and healthier, I’ve started to… Read More
JR Art: celebrating age with giant-size wrinkles.
We’re loving these giant sized wall images from French graffiti artist JR, whose global project Wrinkles in the City has attempted to counter the eternally youthful advertising images seen on bill boards and giant screens around urban areas with celebratory… Read More
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan
Blimey, what is it with writers and stationery?. No sooner had we put up author Jill Mansell’s post on her stationery loves, when Jenny Colgan asked us on Twitter if she could let us see her stationery too…..how could we… Read More