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Art & Culture, Fashion & BeautyApril 29, 2011

Royal Wedding: the highlights

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The happy couple and the dress I started the day of ‘the wedding’ somewhat cynically, not helped by the dog walkers of N16 who all proclaimed they ‘would not be watching’. One woman was really miffed as her childrens gay… Read More

Art & CultureApril 29, 2011

We love: Weddings

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Regent Street And will be glued to our televisions this morning. So check back later for our low down on who wore what, etc etc. In the mean time why not make up you royal wedding guest name!!Start with Lord… Read More

Novels & Biogs, We Are ReadingApril 28, 2011

Other people’s bookshelves

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I am on holiday, staying in a house with very extensive bookshelves full of books that are very battered and faded due to the sea breezes and hot sun. Looking through other people’s bookshelves is always fun and occasionally enlightening,… Read More

Art & Culture, Fashion & BeautyApril 27, 2011

Style Icon: Poly Styrene

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Inspired by an early Sex Pistols gig on Hastings pier, Poly Styrene formed X-Ray Spex when she was 18 and went on to make some of the most iconic singles of the punk generation. Warrior in Woolworths from the brilliant… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 26, 2011

Pantherella: socks to watch The Killing in

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(Top sock in 'Nordic print' cashmere is £30, bottom sock in Fairisle Shetland is £20) While out at press days recently, I was much taken by the great line of socks produced by UK manufacturer Pantherella (who also make the… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Home & GardenApril 25, 2011

Style Icon: Margaret Howell

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We came across a feature in the NY Times on Margaret Howell and were reminded of how much we admire both her personal and interior style. She lives mostly in South East London and has a second home by the… Read More

Health & Happiness, Home & GardenApril 24, 2011

Britain’s best tea cosies: as seen at White Stuff

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I’ve just read Jane’s post on Tea Shops and have to show you my newest hand knitted tea cosy. I bought this while at the recent visual merchandising show in London, where I met concept designer Jacquie Marsh’s team,… Read More

Out & AboutApril 23, 2011

Something for Easter weekend: Britains best tearooms

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While Amanda is sunning herself somewhere tropically hot and impossibly glamorous, I am up North for the Easter weekend to visit friends and family. We are dividing our time between the Yorkshire moors and the coastal town of Whitby and… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 22, 2011

We love: Fabio from Shan Rahimkhan Luxe hair collection

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Is it our age that makes us susceptible to the theatrical attention of hairdressers? We wrote about it before here, but I think there’s a whole PHD to be written on the subject myself. And the more talanted the… Read More

Out & AboutApril 21, 2011

Bring out the bunting!

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You cant fail to have noticed there is a whiff of patriotism in the air. We haven't quite made up our minds if we will be holding an anarchist type f..k the Royal Wedding type party or hanging out the… Read More

Health & Happiness, Home & GardenApril 20, 2011

Technology packing: How did Captain James T Kirk cope?

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Found on lillygayleromance I LOVE packing for a holiday, as it allows me to put into practise the years of experience I've had moving from place to place. My dad was in the RAF, consequently my mum was always packing… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 19, 2011

A night in with the girls ……………and Nivea and ASOS

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We are asked to take part in events and try new products out more and more often. We try to be discerning in what we choose to test, or participate in and more often than not end up saying no,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 18, 2011

Shopping with experts: LUCZA

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e racer back silk maxi dress, also available in jersey I was much taken with That’s Not My Age’s austerity dressing idea recently and as this year is likely to be pretty light on spare cash to flash about on… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Middle Aged MumApril 17, 2011

Middleagedmum.com: the one where Carine Rotfield and I have a lot in common!

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So it seems French fashion icon and ex Vogue editor, Carine Rotfield and I seem to have rather a lot in common! She likes a flat shoe (note the fashion singular there!) doesn’t buy a new ‘it’ bag every season,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 16, 2011

We love: A hat from Anthropologie

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Having lost my Panama hat to youngest-teenageson earlier this week, I felt I absolutely HAD to buy this Anthropologie one I discovered on a quick dash into the Regent Street store last week. When I took it home and showed… Read More

Home & GardenApril 15, 2011

We love: RE at Liberty

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We have mentioned before how much we love the homeware site and Northumberland based shop RE. Launched in 2003 by Simon Young and Jenny Vaughan, RE sells a really interesting mix of found, re- claimed, vintage and new furnishings and accessories… Read More

Out & AboutApril 14, 2011

Easter alert: Bompas & Parr’s Chocolate Fountain and Rabbit Cafe

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Oh lordy this looks good. Our favourite jellymongers Bompas & Parr are opening two rather exciting foodie events before Easter that might be worth watching out for. Firstly, in London they are building a five tonne chocolate waterfall in Whiteleys… Read More

Art & CultureApril 13, 2011

We love: A Collection a Day

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Lisa Congdon is an illustrator and fine artist based in San Francisco and a prolific collector of old and unusual things. In 2010 she chronicled all of her collections in a blog called A Collection a Day, and we loved the unusual… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 12, 2011

Shopping with experts: Style-Passport

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One of our old day-job colleagues has got involved in a new website venture that aims to satisfy your every need in terms of holiday purchasing. Called Style-Passport, it rounds up an edited selection of clothes and beauty products you… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 11, 2011

Fashion Targets Breast Cancer: what does fashion mean to you?

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We were very flattered to be asked to be involved in this years Fashion Targets Breast Cancer campaign as we and had lots of fun making the video (eat your heart out French and Saunders!). Fashion Targets Breast Cancer was… Read More

Home & GardenApril 10, 2011

Shopping with expert: Sainsbury’s Cast Iron cookware

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I went to visit the new Sainsbury's superstore at Crayford this week as part of the day job and was surprisingly impressed. We do most of our grocery shopping online now and buy fresh stuff from our local high street… Read More

Art & CultureApril 9, 2011

Watch this: Britains Next Big Thing

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Any new designer or small manufacturer who has tried to get an appointment with a buyer from a major retailer, will know how difficult it is to get a foot in the door without some sort of introduction. Many buyers… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 8, 2011

Shopping with experts: Wallis 1923 collection

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Do you remember we wrote about these gorgeous dresses by Wallis? Well they are due to be released on April 18th on the website and in selected stores. At £70 they seem like the perfect summer dress, but how good… Read More

Things We LoveApril 7, 2011

Hasbeen Slingbacks

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The gorgeous sunny weather in London yesterday saw me wandering around Selfridges footwear department, slightly panicking about what look I was going to go for shoe wise, for Spring/Summer 2011 (we fashion folk actually do seriously speak in seasons, I… Read More

Out & AboutApril 6, 2011

Shopping with experts: Cybercandy

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Whenever I go abroad on a work trip, I have to bring back presents, however small for the kids. When they were tiny they used to be thrilled just to see me come back through the door, as they grew… Read More

Art & Culture, Fashion & BeautyApril 5, 2011

We love: 1970’s, TOTP and Chelsea Girl

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You may have noticed we have been enjoying rather a lot of 70’s style nostalgia lately, perhaps it’s all the 1970’s inspired styling we have been seeing on the catwalks, but we just cant seem to get enough of the… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutApril 4, 2011

We loved: The Selvedge Fair

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Emma Lamb The Selvedge Spring fair was a joy as expected and very busy (very middle-class-middle-age, but in a nice way). One of the reasons it was so good was the thorough edit done on the stall holders, everybody showing… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingApril 3, 2011

My Mom, Style Icon by Piper Weiss

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We hope all you mums are having a lovely day and have enjoyed breakfast in bed on a tray, and maybe even a small gift. We sometimes forget who were before we became mums and many women loose their confidence… Read More

Home & GardenApril 2, 2011

Afternoon treat: The Bronte Sisters Power Doll

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Found via Kay’s post on the wonderful Mason-Dixon Knitting….fab.… Read More

Health & HappinessApril 2, 2011

Buy this: Super Strumps

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We met two fabulous Essex girls at Semple Secrets, writer and lecturer Syd Moore and artist Heidi Wigmore, who recently launched their tongue-in-cheek card game of Super Strumps (like Top Trumps but with boobs and attitude) at the Women of… Read More