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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

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

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

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

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

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

Food, Home & Garden, We Are ReadingMarch 30, 2011

Supper Club by Kerstin Rodgers

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Ms Marmitelover and her stunning dishes at the Fire and Knives food event We featured the founder of the Secret supper club movement Ms Marmitelover – aka Kerstin Rodgers – in readers kitchens back in December 2009, as we loved… Read More

Home & GardenMarch 28, 2011

We love: Fabulous location houses

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If like us, you love to look round interesting houses for inspiration, we have found just the site for you. I stumbled across JJLocations yesterday and lost a couple of hours nosing around some truly fabulous places. Set up 1987 by… Read More

Home & GardenMarch 25, 2011

We love: Cocomaya’s seed bread

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Writing about food, which I don't normally do, is very enjoyable because you get to eat! This week I popped into Cocomaya, the artisanal chocolate and bakery store, to chat to the delightful Walid Al Damirji, one of the co… Read More

Home & GardenMarch 23, 2011

My Heart Wanders by Pia Jane Bijkerk

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Pia Jane Bijkerk, from Enhance the Everyday It’s all about lovely things to look at the moment…quite independently Jane and I have selected this week to write about nice books we’ve seen (there’s a nice one coming tomorrow too)…I’m sure… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutMarch 22, 2011

We love: Robert Clarke’s A – Z of Dogs

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I am well aware I am in danger of becoming a dog bore. I will wax lyrical to anyone who will listen, about how wonderful it is to own a dog, and have even started a rather worrying collection of… Read More

Home & GardenMarch 14, 2011

We love: organising the bookshelf

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This lovely video has been doing the rounds on some of our favourite blogs recently, and we thought you might quite like it too. Being big fans of arranging things, we love the slightly obsessive (but visually pleasing) nature of… Read More

Home & GardenMarch 5, 2011

World Book Night: 4 copies of C J Sansom’s Dissolution to give away here

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Today, as you must all know by now, is the day when one million books will be given away free, as part of World Book Night, by enthusiastic individuals who got themselves organised months ago and signed up for the… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Home & GardenFebruary 25, 2011

We love: Sophie Grigson at The Body Shop

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We met Sophie Grigson at The Body Shop's Earth Lovers press day last week, she was there to help us all understand how to make our houses and gardens a bit more eco friendly, and to shift some shower gel.… Read More

Art & Culture, Home & GardenFebruary 24, 2011

We love: Fire and Knives and food futurology

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We are huge fans of food magazines here at TWR and love hand drawn illustrations, so the alternative food publication, Fire and Knives, ticks all our boxes, as it's full of beautiful illustrations and interesting food features. Launched as a… Read More

Home & GardenFebruary 19, 2011

Readers Reviews: Judi checks out Dr Beckmann’s Service-It

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Regular readers will remember we called for help on testing Dr Beckmann's washing machine cleaner, and the enthusiastic super-cleaner Judi won. Her review is below, and we'd like to just say we think she's missed her calling (her day job… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutFebruary 17, 2011

A Modern Dilemma: too many re-usable bags

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I was shopping on Saturday with youngest teenage son, we were in Puma and the nice girl behind the till asked if, for an extra £1, I'd like a reuseable bag? My response rather alarmed her…."NO! no no no no…please,… Read More

Home & GardenFebruary 16, 2011

We love: The Sanderson 50’s collection

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We are huge fans of 50's and 60's furniture and are always on the look out for bargain Ercol or G Plan pieces – if there is such a thing? I am also a lover of patterned wallpaper and have… Read More

Home & GardenFebruary 14, 2011

Readers kitchens: Debora from Stoke Newington

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Who: Debora Robertson, food writer Where: Stoke Newington, London What do you do in your kitchen and with who? We lived in our house for about four years before we built our kitchen and I'm glad we did, even though it meant at… Read More

Home & GardenFebruary 7, 2011

For middleagedad on Valentine’s day: Style-Your-Garage

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This only really works if you have a garage, so that rules most of us out in London, but for those lucky enough to have somewhere to keep their cardboard boxes full of stuff that should have been thrown away… Read More

Home & GardenFebruary 3, 2011

Reader testing needed!: Dr Beckmann’s Service-it

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More things to give away for testing here at TWR! This time it's washing machine cleaner from Dr Beckmann! Oh, the glamour! Now DON'T all switch off, stay with me on this, I appreciate it's not quite as fabulous as… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutFebruary 3, 2011

We love: Emily Sutton’s birds

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Blue tit by Emily Sutton Couldn't resist putting these charming little chaps up today, they are felt and embroidery bird sculptures by (clearly) very talented Emily Sutton. Our New York based reader Whitney told us about her. Emily is a recent… Read More

Home & GardenJanuary 28, 2011

Tea time treat: A moment with Steve McCurry

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Grab a cup of tea and have a quiet cultural moment with us as we watch one of our favourite photographers, Steve McCurry, explain how he works. His portraits are wondrous, powerful and a constant source of inspiration for colour… Read More

Health & Happiness, Home & GardenJanuary 28, 2011

We love: The Saipua blog

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Gosh we are chatty today, you have THREE blogposts this chilly London Friday, this is the second and there's a tea time treat coming up at 4.00pm too! This one is a quickie, I've just been researching calling cards and… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Home & GardenJanuary 23, 2011

We love: colour

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If you are a designer and have to match colours on a regular basis, you will be only too aware of the Pantone colour system. Established in 1963, Pantone have pretty much owned the world of colour since then. Being… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Home & GardenJanuary 10, 2011

We love: Swarm Home

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We mentioned Swarm Home indirectly here, when we were talking about loving Anthropologie as a store. Well, just reading through Selvedge magazine this month, it seems Leslie Oschmann has done more than the bags we've seen, she also covers old chairs… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutJanuary 3, 2011

We love: Butlers Emporium

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In an attempt to get out of the house in what seems like the longest stretch of Sundays /bank holidays ever, yesterday I made the whole family go on a day trip to Hastings and St Leonards. I had heard… Read More

Home & GardenDecember 25, 2010

Christmas greetings: The Knitted Nativity

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Having shopped the glossy shiny-ness of all the big London stores for the past couple of weeks, it was a real joy to spot this home-knitted and utterly charming nativity scene in our local knitting shop in Barnes.Sadly the woolly… Read More

Home & GardenDecember 22, 2010

We love: Fanny Craddock at Christmas

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Christmas catering can be either a joy or a trial, depending on how much you like cooking and how well you get on with your family. But in the words of my dear old mum 'Theres always something to be… Read More