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Out & AboutJanuary 15, 2011

See this: Food Glorious Food

By The Womens Room

Everyone has childhood memories of food, good and bad, be it their mum's cooking, school dinners or being told to 'eat your greens'. Food Glorious Food is new exhibition at the Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, which explores how… 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

Health & Happiness, Out & AboutDecember 31, 2010

We love: friends with boats

By The Womens Room

Sometimes there are advantages to age. By the time you have reached 40/50/60 there is a slight chance you might have saved up and acquired your dream purchase; nice house, holiday home by the sea, a boat, or better still,… Read More

Out & AboutDecember 27, 2010

We love: animal graffiti

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We were wandering around the Brick Lane and Shoreditch area of London this week and spotted these rather wonderful graffiti animals everywhere. Eldestteenageson, who is at art school in the area, says they have been around for a while, but… Read More

Out & AboutDecember 19, 2010

We love : Chicks on Speed

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Currently showing at the Kate MacGarry gallery in London, Chicks on Speed are a truly original band of artists, musicians and fashion designers. They look as mad as a box of frogs, but we love their originality and the fact… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & AboutDecember 18, 2010

Something to look forward to: Black Swan

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We love ballet and we love a psychological thriller, so Black Swan, (released in the UK on Jan the 21st), ticks all our boxes. Set in the world of New York city Ballet, Natalie Portman stars as Nina, a prima… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutDecember 10, 2010

We love: Timney Fowler

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Sue Timney and Grahame Fowler met at the RCA in 1979 and went to on to set up the successful print design company Timney-Fowler. The company's signature black and white graphic style was popular worldwide and led to collaborations with… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutDecember 9, 2010

Street shots: Japan….ginko trees, hats and art classes

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More photos from Tokyo, this time looking at how the Japanese love a bit of nature-admiring. By total accident, MAD and I discovered a celebrated stretch of ginko trees in Tokyo that were the centre of attention for their show… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutDecember 2, 2010

Something for the weekend (and tonight): Christmas past at the Geffrye Museum

By The Womens Room

We have mentioned before how much we love the Geffrye Museum. Set in London's East End, the small but perfectly formed museum devoted to domestic interiors through the ages, never fails to inspire. It is particularly lovely at this time… Read More

Health & Happiness, Out & AboutNovember 30, 2010

We love: The Ministry of Stories

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826 Valencia is the brainchild of writer Dave Eggers (Author of the fabulous, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius). The project encourages young people to try out creative writing by taking part in workshops, word games and one-to-one sessions with… Read More

Out & AboutNovember 25, 2010

Something for the weekend: House of Voltaire

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House of Voltaire helpers, including the lovely Michael Landy (right) For a distinctly more stylish approach to Christmas shopping, can we recommend The House of Voltaire? In this rather chic pop up shop above Rupert Sanderson's shoe store in Bruton… Read More

Out & AboutNovember 24, 2010

The London dogs will know!

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When teen son was little, one of his favourite films was 101 Dalmations and we spent many a wintery afternoon on the sofa watching it. MAD and I came to know the script off by heart and one of our… Read More

Health & Happiness, Out & AboutNovember 6, 2010

Alternative Christmas Shopping in London

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The Last years Craftacular in Bethanl Green (the red velvet cupcake was divine!) There is no getting away from it, Christmas is rapidly approaching (48 days away, to be precise) and if you don't want to be running around like… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutOctober 29, 2010

See this: Drawing Fashion

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Drawing Fashion at the Design Museum showcases some of the most influential fashion illustrators from the twentieth and twenty first centuries. Featuring show reels, film clips, music and photography as well as original illustrations, from the collections of Chanel, Dior, Comme… Read More

Out & AboutOctober 19, 2010

See this: Flowers That Bloom Tomorrow

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As a lover of bright colours and pattern, especially polka dots, I have long admired the work of Yayoi Kusama. The 81 year old from Japan is a sculptor, painter, writer, installation artist and performance artist. Having experienced hallucinations and mental… Read More

Out & AboutOctober 18, 2010

Shopping with experts: Kate Spade’s pop up store

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We feel obliged to point out to you that the super-stylish Kate Spade brand, one of our favourite New York stores to stop off in if we are visiting, has opened a pop up store in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden… Read More

Out & AboutOctober 14, 2010

Frieze Art Fair 2010: TWR edited highlights

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Middleagedad and Amanda reflected in the work by Geert Goiris Today we were thrilled to be invited along to the opening day of Frieze, supposedly to look at the art, but I was FAR more interested in the clothes. Really,… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutOctober 9, 2010

See this: Ballet Russes

By The Womens Room

The Ballets Russes performed under Sergei Diaghliev between 1909 and 1929, using avant-garde composers, such as Stravinsky and designers such as Bakst, Goncharova, Picasso and Matisse and made a major contribution to the Modernist movement. Diaghilev and the Golden Age… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutOctober 8, 2010

Store alert: Labour and Wait has moved

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Just to let you know, the wonderful home wear store Labour and Wait has moved to bigger premises. Once of Cheshire Street, the new store is just around the corner in super cool Redchurch Street (surely the hottest retail street… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutOctober 7, 2010

We love: the Mad Men effect

By The Womens Room

Mad Men has to be our all time favourite TV programme. It is the perfect combination of subtlety, glamour and nostalgia. We cant quite believe we were actually alive then, albeit small children, but we do vaguely remember our mums… Read More

Out & AboutSeptember 17, 2010

We love: Hel Yes

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We do love a pop up restaurant or shop and are always up for a new concept. This week the lovely Jane and Vishal from The Dog and the Wardrobe, invited us along to the opening of the latest pop… Read More

Out & AboutSeptember 1, 2010

Simple pleasures: Vintage bikes and bus rides in Suffolk

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Southwold is one of my favourite places in the UK, full of quaint shops, pretty beach huts, cosy pubs and old people ready to tell you off for the slightest thing! It is also full of DFL's (down from Londoners)… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutAugust 27, 2010

Shopping with experts: Covent Garden new stores

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While we were away, a couple of interesting stores opened in Covent Garden. I've not been a big fan of the market area recently, mostly because it's full of tourists (many stores now indicate prices with the VAT tax deducted,… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 23, 2010

Gelupo: the best ice cream in London?

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On Saturday night I was treated to a belated birthday treat, supper at super trendy Bocca di Lupo in Soho, London. However, when we got there the entire street had a power cut and the deeply apologetic restaurant staff decided… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & AboutAugust 19, 2010

Eat, Pray, Love: come and listen to Elizabeth Gilbert speak in London with TWR

By The Womens Room

More exciting free things to give away! Do you remember the post on Fashion Maketh Woman, the Intelligence Squared event we went to recently where we took fellow blogger That’s Not My Age? It was a terrific evening and very… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 17, 2010

See this: Polly Morgan and Joana Vasconcelos

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Polly Morgan's inspiring Psychopomps at The Haunch of Venison gallery. The Haunch of Venison gallery in Burlington Gardens, London, is conveniently positioned between the shopping channels of Regent Street and Bond Street, giving you a chance to assuage your guilt… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 16, 2010

We Love: The Pound shop

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Design collective Household and illustrator Sarah Melin, came up with the perfect way to create the ultimate low cost, high quality shopping experience. They set up the Pound Shop in Hoxton East London for a week last April, selling original… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 12, 2010

Some more bikes: Stateside style

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Not quite as sophisticated as the fabulous bicycles Amanda has been snapping in Italy, the bikes I have seen in the catskills and Connecticut are a little more hippie/retro inspired, but lovely nonetheless.… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 10, 2010

Simple pleasures: American style

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Fresh food and flowers are a simple pleasure in any country, but somehow on holiday they seem even more lovely. Maybe it's because we have the time to really look and appreciate them. While in Connecticut I was delighted to… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 8, 2010

TWR on holiday: Kate’s Lazy Meadow

By The Womens Room

Part two of our US holiday has taken us upstate in New York to the Catskills. An often overlooked area associated with hippies and Hicksville, which over the past couple of years has been attracting artists and musicians escaping Manhattan… Read More