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Fashion & BeautyJune 29, 2012

Rob Ryan (sort-of) jubilee celebration scarf for NV London Calcutta

By Amanda

Rob Ryan’s designs are irresistible to us, the craftsmanship in his paper-cut shapes and the charm in the little stories he tells through the pictures are wonderful. For the last three years he has been collaborating with the award winning… Read More

Things We LoveJune 29, 2012

Neon nails from OPI

By Amanda

So, neon nail polish is FULL of toxic chemicals that aren’t great for your nails, no me neither. I only know this because I found out last week that OPI has always said it would never do neon because it… Read More

Novels & Biogs, We Are ReadingJune 27, 2012

I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron

By Amanda

As I write this I am distraught, Nora Ephron has just died and I can hardly stand the thought of the future without another Nora book to look forward to. This is an utterly selfish thing to admit to, what… Read More

Things We LoveJune 27, 2012

Aubrey London laptop bag

By Amanda

It’s quite hard to find a smart, well priced lap top bag, one you are happy to carry proudly as an accessory. I was sent this very smart one from Aubrey bags recently and it had its first outing last… Read More

Art & CultureJune 27, 2012

Go See This: Yoko Ono To The Light at The Serpentine Gallery

By Amanda

As the Olympics draw closer, the tubes are full to bursting with new visitors, more roads close daily causing traffic madness and there’s an hysterical running-out-of-time feel to the roadworks, but on the bright side, London’s cultural programme is incredibly… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 25, 2012

Teatime Treat: Jean Shrimpton and Richard Avedon

By Amanda

Monday tea time treat, found poking about on Kay Montano’s lovely blog, via Theyroaredvintage. You don’t often see Jean actually talking, isn’t she stunning?… Read More

Penhaligon's refillable travel atomiser, why can't they all be like this?

Things We LoveJune 25, 2012

A clever perfume idea from Penhaligon’s

By Amanda

Penhaligon’s recently sent me a sample of its new Peoneve perfume in this ingenious refillable travel atomiser. Now, perfume bottles that don’t allow you to unscrew the spray top in order to decant some into a smaller, travel size bottle… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 25, 2012

We love Betty!

By Amanda

We are in love with the charming Betty magazine and the hard working team that put it together. We caught up with editors Charlotte Jacklin and Charlotte Melling at the new edition launch party last week and learnt they both… Read More

Art & CultureJune 23, 2012

Go see this: Thomas Heatherwick, Designing The Extraordinary

By Amanda

If you are in the creative industry in any shape or form, drop everything and go see the amazing Thomas Heatherwick, Designing The Extraordinary exhibition at the V&A. The man’s a genius. From the paper strip gallery guide you hand… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 21, 2012

Fenwick goes online…..at last

By Amanda

We’re just checking that you all know the department store chain is Fenwick is now online. Until about a month or so ago it was possibly the last retailer left standing not to have an ecommerce website, but now has… Read More

Things We LoveJune 19, 2012

A nice fan from Muji

By Amanda

Should the weather in the UK actually reach what we like to refer to as ‘summery’, those suffering from menopausal hot flushes might like to consider a hand held fan to keep cool with. I am in a constant state… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 19, 2012

Summer capri pants and J Crew’s Hello World, a happy coincidence

By Amanda

Every summer wardrobe needs a capri pant, if you are a trouser wearer. Choosing the right one can be a touch tricky, mostly where the fit is concerned. The key is to get a nice comfy shape that is definitely… Read More

Art & CultureJune 17, 2012

Go see this: Polly Morgan Endless Plain at All Visual Arts

By Amanda

Taxidermy lovers that we are here at TWR, we were excited to hear that Polly Morgan had a new exhibition at the wonderful All Visual Arts Gallery in London. We nigh-on skipped to it in fact. A word of warning.… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingJune 17, 2012

Suri’s Burn Book, well-dressed commentary from Hollywood’s Little Sweetheart by Allie Hagan

By Amanda

OK this book isn’t out until September sadly ( as it would be a perfect holiday read) but we’re giving you the head’s up because if, like us, you are addicted to the daily musings of Miss Suri Cruise’s Burn… Read More

Art & CultureJune 17, 2012

Go see this: Henry Moore Late Large Forms at Gagosian Gallery

By Amanda

I grew up with Henry Moore in my life, my dad was a big fan, had books and prints of his work and made many of his own wood ‘carvings’ as we used to call them, inspired by him and… Read More

Health & HappinessJune 15, 2012

Garnier’s Ambre Solaire Measure your Mls campaign with Lorraine Kelly

By Amanda

Hilariously for anyone reading this in the UK, I’m about to tell you how important it is to keep well protected in the sun with a good suncream. I know, laugh along with me as the rain beats down. We… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 13, 2012

Nice nails cheer you up: It’s official!

By Amanda

A while ago we met Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, a woman who has picked herself one of the best jobs in the world, that of creative director and vice president of her own company, OPI nails. She is based in Los Angeles… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 11, 2012

The best rain coats for a miserable summer

By Amanda

As I write this the rain is pouring down, much as it has all week since her Maj’ got drenched watching the Diamond Jubilee Flotilla. Wales has seen parts of itself washed away this weekend and there’s no sign of… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 9, 2012

Best natural beauty products:we love Neom Luxury organics

By Amanda

We’ve been talking here at TWR about natural versus hi-tech-chemical when it comes to beauty products, as in which way is best and how to choose. Nicola Elliott, the founder and director of Neom Luxury Organics (one of the nicest… Read More

Health & HappinessJune 8, 2012

MiddleagedSingle.com: date night

By Amanda

So. The Date. Between the speed dating event where we met, and the actual day of the date we exchanged a few emails and texts. If I’m totally honest, there were a tad too many LOLs and smiley faces in… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 7, 2012

Press day round up: Anthropologie for AW12

By Amanda

Since the temperature has dropped about twenty degrees in the last week, it doesn’t seem too silly talking about autumn 2012 ranges, in particular the lovely things we saw at Anthropologie. The bought in ranges for autumn (the ones Anthropologie… Read More

Art & CultureJune 5, 2012

The British Library: really quite nice once you are inside

By Amanda

Until last week I had never been inside the British Library. I have passed by it on the bus and hurled verbal abuse at its ugliness (topically, Prince Charles was very rude about it) but had never ventured inside. Well… Read More

Home & GardenJune 3, 2012

How to make friends at your Jubilee party

By Amanda

So, if like us, you are heading to your street’s Jubilee party today, you might like a few tips on how to make friends, especially if you are new to your street and don’t know too many of your neighbours.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 1, 2012

A clever use of cute illustration from Kuntzel+Deygas for Guerlain

By Amanda

Do you remember the terrific opening graphics to the Stephan Spielberg film Catch Me If You Can with Leonardo DiCaprio? The pair who designed them, Olivier Kuntzel and Florence Deygas are renowned French narrative illustrators who have produced this sweet… Read More

Things We LoveJune 1, 2012

Grunwerg drinks servers

By Amanda

We spotted these water servers when we went for our beauty treatments at the spa at One Aldwych (Jane and I won a prize draw at a Handpicked Media event, we never win anything so we were very excited) on… Read More

Home & GardenMay 30, 2012

A neat idea from JW Walls: custom wallpaper printing

By Amanda

Having spent years recording the work of fashion retail visual merchandisers (the UK has the BEST VM creatives, no question) I have often thought there was potential to take some of the creative skills over to the home. I don’t… Read More

Food, We Are ReadingMay 28, 2012

Food by Mary McCartney

By Amanda

Do you need another cook book? Unlikely. But this one’s vegetarian, does that help? I have not got many good veggie cook books in my library and the McCartney girls have almost made a career out of being the most… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 28, 2012

Illamasqua’s Beauty Before Age campaign

By Amanda

We were absolutely thrilled to hear about make up brand Illamasqua’s recent competition Beauty Before Age to recruit older women, mothers and daughters, aunts and nieces and anyone else who is gorgeous at any age as models for its next… Read More

Middle Aged MumMay 26, 2012

Middleagemum.com: things I can live without -needy electronics

By Amanda

I am about to destroy the fridge in my kitchen. I am seconds away from grabbing a giant size hammer from the shed and smashing it into tiny, silent pieces. The reason for my rage is the constant, whinny beep… Read More

Things We LoveMay 26, 2012

Velvet Rose & Oud (and Blackberry & Bay) from Jo Malone London

By Amanda

We were a bit slow mentioning the last limited edition London Blooms Jo Malone perfume launch and by the time we did, some of the good ones had sold out…so we’re just letting you know that the next one is… Read More