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Out & AboutMay 31, 2011

Something else for the weekend: Maltby Street market

By Jane

One of the annoying things about living in London is just when you think you have found something new and exciting, everyone else seems to discover it too, and before you know it the lovely little speak easy/junk shop/tapas bar… Read More

Out & AboutMay 28, 2011

Something for next weekend: Stoke Newington Literary Festival

By Jane

We have quite a literary history here in Stoke Newington with writers such as Joseph Conrad, Daniel Defoe and Edgard Allen Poe having all been residents at some point. Modern day Stokie still has more than its fair share of… Read More

Out & AboutMay 26, 2011

Chelsea Flower Show: lovely shop windows

By The Womens Room

The stores around Chelsea Flower Show do a “Chelsea in Bloom’ celebration during the show period, and they are often gorgeous. This year’s theme was Oriental Chelsea, here are our favourites. Isn’t this the loveliest window? It’s Jo Malone in… Read More

Out & AboutMay 25, 2011

Clerkenwell Design Week: Jennifer Newman

By The Womens Room

If you are a lover of all things interior and all round brilliant design, then Clerkenwell Design Week is definately worth a visit. The three day festival (on until the 26th May) brings together a varied programme of events, including… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutMay 18, 2011

Wednesday treat: Savage Beauty at The Met

By The Womens Room

Photo via Gainsbury&Whiting My Alexander McQueen book arrived this week, with its beautiful and moving lenticular cover that switches between Lee McQueen’s open, bare face and a glossy metallic skull. The book is a treasure.The imagination in the clothes takes… Read More

Out & AboutMay 17, 2011

Story Deli is back

By The Womens Room

We were devastated when the wonderful Story Deli closed suddenly with out any warning, as it was one of favourite places to go for inspiration and pizza when hanging out in Brick lane. It turns out their rather unscrupulous landlords… Read More

Out & AboutMay 12, 2011

Something for the weekend: Artists Open House, Brighton

By The Womens Room

It's the 30th Year of the Brighton and Hove Artist Open Houses project this year, and last weekend we popped down to see some of the 250 houses and galleries on the first of four weekend openings in May. You… Read More

Health & Happiness, Home & Garden, Out & AboutMay 6, 2011

Charity watch: Kids of Kathmandu

By The Womens Room

This seems a very stylish way to raise money for a worth while cause (and a little more up-market than the tea cosies, although we loved those too). The Kids of Kathmandu charity has organised a bunch of smart designers… Read More

Out & AboutApril 23, 2011

Something for Easter weekend: Britains best tearooms

By The Womens Room

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

Out & AboutApril 21, 2011

Bring out the bunting!

By The Womens Room

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

Out & AboutApril 14, 2011

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

By The Womens Room

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

Out & AboutApril 6, 2011

Shopping with experts: Cybercandy

By The Womens Room

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

Home & Garden, Out & AboutApril 4, 2011

We loved: The Selvedge Fair

By The Womens Room

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

Out & AboutApril 2, 2011

Something for the weekend: Selvedge Spring Fair

By The Womens Room

We are VERY excited about going to the Selvedge Spring Fair today, the love child of World of Interiors crossed with the W.I (well in our vivid imaginations anyway). We're going, if you are too follow us on Twitter and… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutMarch 22, 2011

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

By The Womens Room

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

Out & AboutMarch 15, 2011

COS and Clifton: match made in heaven?

By The Womens Room

In what seem’s a match made in heaven to us, our favourite retailer COS has teamed up with the super chic garden centre Clifton Nurseries to host a pop up plant shop in the Regent Street store. Although this is… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutMarch 13, 2011

See this: Yohji Yamamoto at the V & A

By The Womens Room

We are huge fans of Japanese designers and love nothing more than an asymmetric/deconstructed/androgynous, design lecturer type garment, so were really looking forward to visiting the new exhibition at the V & A celebrating the life and work of one… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutMarch 12, 2011

We love: Grayson Perry at Semple’s Secrets

By The Womens Room

Grayson, holding up his Essex made ‘setalevvas’ one of the first things he ever had custom made, paid for by his wife. We went to hear the artist Grayson Perry on Wednesday night, he was speaking at another Semple Secrets.… Read More

Out & AboutMarch 11, 2011

See this: Death of a Nightingale

By The Womens Room

Thanks for all the kind messages about Max at the weekend. You might like to know he’s just started in a play, Death of a Nightingale, by Alan Share, for the next month at Hampstead’s New End Theatre. It’s on… Read More

Health & Happiness, Out & AboutMarch 10, 2011

We love: the Idler Academy

By The Womens Room

It seems shops are no longer just about buying stuff, we can also drink coffee, eat cakes and even learn something. We love The School of Life and are glad to see this has inspired a new retail and learning concept,… Read More

Out & AboutMarch 9, 2011

See this: Susan Hiller at Tate Britain

By The Womens Room

Part of Susan Hiller’s From the Freud Museum 1992-7 I’m not great at conceptual art, I prefer art where I can see and appreciate the skill and workmanship. I understand this is currently a very old fashioned thing to say… Read More

Health & Happiness, Out & AboutMarch 8, 2011

International Womens Day: Why we love women

By The Womens Room

International Women’s day started in the Soviet Union in the early 1920’s as a way for European women to highlight their solidarity and commitment to equal economic and political rights, and to celebrate their contribution to society. While we may… Read More

Out & AboutFebruary 27, 2011

We saw: Translation by Meekyoung Shin

By The Womens Room

Honestly, they are all made of soap…. We popped into the Haunch of Venison gallery (as we mentioned before, a convenient culture stop between Bond and Regent Street) this week and saw the most extraordinary exhibition by Korean artist Meekyoung… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutFebruary 17, 2011

A Modern Dilemma: too many re-usable bags

By The Womens Room

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

Out & AboutFebruary 9, 2011

We love : Liberty’s new stationery department

By The Womens Room

We may have mentioned before how much we LOVE all things stationery connected. Liberty opened its new stationery department yesterday and TWR (along with our mate Francesca) were the first visitors (Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen was there too, but we were there… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & AboutFebruary 8, 2011

See this: Robert Mapplethorpe, Night Work

By The Womens Room

White Gauze 1984 – Robert Mapplethorpe After seeing Patti Smith in conversation at the recent Intelligence Squared event, Amanda and I felt compelled to read her award winning memoir Just Kids. Written as a tribute to her lover and best… Read More

Middle Aged Mum, Out & AboutFebruary 6, 2011

Middleagedmum.com: why I love libraries

By The Womens Room

Sorry for yet another nostalgic post! I seem to be harking back to the 70’s a lot lately, but reading a post on Baroque in Hackney (a great blog if you like poetry and books) on libraries shutting, got me… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutFebruary 3, 2011

We love: Emily Sutton’s birds

By The Womens Room

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

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutJanuary 27, 2011

Something for the weekend: My Sugarland car boot sale

By The Womens Room

We are huge fans of the fabulous vintage shop My Sugarland. The super stylish shop is packed with a eclectic mix of beautifully displayed clothes and accessories and well worth a visit if you are looking for something unique for… Read More

Out & AboutJanuary 26, 2011

We love: Patti Smith

By The Womens Room

We went to see Patti Smith last night at the Intelligence Squared event at the Royal Geographic Hall, (on Virginia Woolf's birthday, Patti told us) and we just adored her. She was considered, inspiring, articulate and funny. Which was more… Read More