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Art & CultureNovember 17, 2012

See this: Amour

By Jane

Michael Haneke’s new film, looks at the effects of ageing and dementia on a happily married couple and is probably not one to see if you are feeling down. Following the decline of an octogenarian musician after a stroke, she… Read More

Art & CultureNovember 11, 2012

Subversive icing

By Jane

We are out and proud about our love of baking and as you know, like nothing more than a decorating opportunity. Is it possible to enjoy domesticity and still be a feminist? We think so (more of this to come)… Read More

Art & Culture, Health & Happiness, Out & AboutNovember 9, 2012

The importance of research: who owns the Women’s Room?

By Jane

The Internet is a truly fabulous thing which has opened a world of possibilities, conversations and online opportunities for everyone, from big brands, the lone voice shouting about a cause, or someone hand making candles in their kitchen. Democratising and… Read More

Art & CultureNovember 3, 2012

Colour and style inspiration: Solange

By Jane

I love everything about this video, the song, the styling, the way it captures the amazing colours of South Africa and the wonderful stylish men of Le Sapeurs. Remember we told you about the Gentlemen of the Bakongo book way… Read More

Art & CultureOctober 31, 2012

We love: Sibella Court’s Bowerbird

By Amanda

We are big fans of Sibella Court, who is a stylist for some of our favourite retailers (Anthropologie, Bloomingdales) and has her own shop and brand in Sydney. And a lovely website. She’s written some great books on interior style… Read More

Art & CultureOctober 30, 2012

Stack, Anthology and Kinfolk

By Jane

From the age of eight, buying a new magazine was the highlight of my week and I still love the thrill of opening a brand new mag to see what undiscovered pleasures await. But these days, after I have waded… Read More

Art & CultureOctober 29, 2012

We love: Chuck Close using tapestry!

By Amanda

I’m not sure Jane and I would put ourselves forward as expert art critics, but we recognise a trend when we see one and tapestry is definitely having a ‘moment’ in art. Grayson Perry recently produced six beautiful tapestries for… Read More

Art & CultureOctober 22, 2012

Watch this: GIRLS

By Jane

Created by and starring filmmaker Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture), GIRLS premiered in the US earlier this year and got great reviews. The Hollywood Reporter called it a “brilliant gem” and New York Magazine said it was “remarkably poignant” and “like… Read More

Art & CultureOctober 18, 2012

See these: Tim Walker, Someday All the Adults Will Die, The Little Black Jacket and Hollywood Glamour

By Jane

It’s a great time for fashion related exhibitions here in London. If you live in, or are planning a visit, over the next few weeks, it’s worth including some culture in your Christmas shopping excursions – I know, I know… Read More

Art & CultureOctober 16, 2012

Dare to Wear by WOW and Sue Kreitzman

By Jane

Last Wednesday as the mainstream art world gathered to view what was on offer at Frieze, over in a church crypt in St Pancras, an alternative exhibition was going on. Wandering in from the hubub of the Euston Road, it… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & AboutOctober 11, 2012

Go See This: William Klein and Daido Moriyama

By Amanda

BIG art week in London this week, what with Frieze London and the new Frieze Masters shows opening and lots of galleries doing the art equivalent of putting on their best frocks. More on Frieze later but firstly add the… Read More

Art & CultureOctober 3, 2012

Madame Gres, Sculptural Fashion at Momu, Antwerp

By Amanda

For those of you who wont have the time to get to Antwerp before February 2013, we’re going to take you around the excellent exhibition Madame Grès, Sculptural Fashion at MoMu, the city’s fashion museum. The show was in Paris… Read More

Art & CultureSeptember 22, 2012

See this: Eames, The Architect and The Painter

By Jane

We are all abou the design documentary at the moment and like nothing more than an insight into our creative icons lives. Charles and Ray Eames were widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Best remembered for their mid-century furniture,… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & AboutSeptember 12, 2012

See this: Jumpy with Tamsin Greig and Doon Mackichan

By Jane

First seen at the Royal Court last Autumn, Jumpy is quite simply one of the funniest, most poignant plays I have seen in a long time. Written by April De Angelis, it features Hilary, a middle class 50 year old… Read More

Art & CultureSeptember 9, 2012

We love: Sara Cwynar’s still life photos

By Amanda

I stumbled upon these gorgeous images by Canadian photographer Sara Cwynar while researching product merchandising. I was looking into how Pinterest might change the way we look at stuff we buy in shops and how we all might prefer ‘discovery… Read More

Art & Culture, Fashion & BeautySeptember 7, 2012

Dressing like a Pre Raphaelite

By Amanda

Tate Britain made our (well my) week last week by inviting us to the opening of the Pre Raphealite exhibition. it opens on September 12th, but we will be there on Monday so will tweet and Instagram our views for… Read More

Art & CultureJuly 10, 2012

Blogging moves onto the next level

By Jane

We wouldn’t call ourselves experts when it comes to blogging, but then again we are not exactly amateurs either. Almost three years of daily blogging has created a large and loyal group of readers and we consider ourselves fortunate to… Read More

Art & CultureJuly 1, 2012

Finding something good from something sad: Lists Of Note

By Amanda

For me this week was a lot about being sad, due to the departure of the wonderful writer Nora Ephron, she who wrote the screenplay of When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, and books you never want to end… 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

Art & CultureJune 26, 2012

More colour inspiration

By Jane

Always on the look out for colour inspiration for the day job, I recently stumbled across the lovely Tumblr, Landscape Palettes. The colour palettes are inspired by photographs of landscapes, submitted by anyone who has taken an nice image. You… 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

Art & CultureJune 22, 2012

Dig out those shoulder pads and pop on a peplum: Dallas is back!

By Jane

The show that changed the face of TV, the size of our hair, width of our shoulders, the way our young impressionable selves viewed older, rich men, and famously brought the whole nation to a standstill with the question “Who… 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

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

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

Art & CultureMay 31, 2012

The Great Gatsby: Bobs and flapper dresses

By Jane

It may seem utterly ridiculous to start talking about Christmas party dressing when the sun is shining and we’ve only just got our sandals out, but if there is one film that is going to influence the Christmas party look… Read More

Art & CultureMay 16, 2012

Carnaby Street Book Exchange: a story-swap-shop

By Amanda

Here’s a neat idea we saw last week at Kingly Court, just off Carnaby Street. The Carnaby Street Book Exchange is a small oasis of bookish calm in an area packed out with noisy stores and in-your-face product (have any… Read More

Art & CultureMay 15, 2012

Style icon: Dr Julia Hoffman

By Jane

Dark Shadows is a tounge in cheek re-make of a 1960’s TV drama and stars Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, a vampire who comes back from the dead and wakes up in 1972. Made by Tim Burton (obvs) Helena Bonham… Read More

Art & CultureMay 9, 2012

Life through a sepia tinted lens: Instagram

By Jane

While we are wary of encouraging any more social networking habits, we felt compelled to share our love of Instagram with you! Like Twitter but with pictures, it’s a great way of sharing images of the things you love with… Read More

Art & CultureMay 4, 2012

John Peel’s music collection moves on line: one for middleagedad

By Amanda

This is something that will make many, many middleagedads (and mums too, but there’ll be more dads, there just will) happy, John Peel’s famed, extensive music collection is to go on line. Peel is a sacred name in the music… Read More