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Out & AboutMarch 30, 2015

New store love: Haeckels, Made from Margate

By Amanda

Easter is coming up, and if you have no plans and fancy a trip, can I suggest you think about Margate? I appreciate it’s got tough competition from our tempting guest post about Deal (and it is south, obvs) but… Read More

Out & AboutMarch 26, 2015

See this: Ann Carrington at Paul Smith

By Amanda

Ann Carrington is one of my favourite ‘recent finds’ in the art world, although I found her via the Paul Smith shop in Albemarle Street rather than a gallery. Mr Smith is a fan too and has just given over … Read More

Out & AboutMarch 24, 2015

Guest post: moving to Deal

By Amanda

Today we have a guest post, from TWR reader Kathryn, who wanted to tell us about how she moved -mid life- to live by the sea. A word of warning, you may well want to put your own urban house… Read More

Out & AboutMarch 13, 2015

See this: Savage Beauty at the V&A

By Amanda

Like you need telling….but just incase you’ve been so tied up with The Archers flood that real life has passed you by, the V&A is AT LAST hosting the Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty beauty exhibition that was such a smash… Read More

Out & AboutFebruary 20, 2015

How to run a restaurant chain, by Rebecca Mascarenhas

By Amanda

I got to know my Barnes neighbour Rebecca Mascarenhas by reputation before I actually met her, because she started Sonny’s restaurant in Barnes not long after we first moved here and it became one of THE places everyone went to… Read More

Out & AboutFebruary 19, 2015

See this: WOW

By Jane

Women of the World returns to the Southbank Centre to mark International Women’s Day on Sunday 8th March. In its fifth year the festival includes a programme of gigs and musical performances created and performed by women Taking place across … Read More

Out & AboutFebruary 10, 2015

Heal’s Modern Craft Market: things to do in February

By Amanda

Today’s post is by our regular contributor Julia Little, who takes a break from digital and does a bit of crafting for us….. I’m not going to apologise, I love a bit of craft. In the past it has had… Read More

Out & AboutJanuary 27, 2015

Pocket Brocket: our favourite city guides

By Amanda

The writer, knitter, quilter and baker Jane Brocket is someone we are hugely proud to call a friend at TWR. We adored Jane’s Yarnstorm blog aeons before we ever got to meet her and both of us are keen users… Read More

Out & AboutJanuary 13, 2015

What to buy from Bright Old Things at Selfridges

By Amanda

As you can imagine, I have been spending an inordinate amount of time in Selfridges recently, what with MADs stint as a Bright Old Thing. This isn’t good for me, there are way too many tempting treats within its walls.… Read More

Out & AboutJanuary 9, 2015

Selfridges presents Bright Old Things

By Amanda

It’s been a very exciting week at the Barnes branch of TWR, due to Middleagedad’s involvement with Selfridges Bright Old Things project, which launched yesterday. As MAD’s assistant I helped him put in his window (below) which happened all day… Read More

Out & AboutDecember 3, 2014

Dappercap: A stylish cycle helmet

By Jane

I love cycling and living and working in the same borough means I now spend a mere 25 minutes a day cycling to and from my studio – which in London is a rare treat. The only problem I have… Read More

Out & AboutNovember 27, 2014

Alternative Christmas shopping

By Jane

There are a whole host of Christmas fairs and local late night shopping events popping up over London over the next few weeks. Not only are they brilliant for getting you in a festive mood, they are also a great… Read More

Out & AboutNovember 24, 2014

Bright Old Things at Selfridges

By Amanda

Hurrah for Selfridges! While other retailers are accused of ignoring the older customer (more here) in January 2015, Selfridges stores will be celebrating Bright Old Things, featuring 14 properly grown up people who have rebooted their careers at a point… Read More

Out & AboutNovember 21, 2014

Yet another reason why I love Hackney

By Jane

There are many many reasons I love living in Hackney and not least is the community spirit. Many non-Londoners imagine the city to be an unfriendly place where no-one knows their neighbours, but it’s simply not true and as I’ve… Read More

Out & AboutNovember 17, 2014

Buy This: Dog About Town

By Jane

I confess I am slightly biased (ok a lot) about this book as Louise Glazebrook is a friend of mine, but if you have a dog (or are thinking of getting one) and live in the city or even a… Read More

Out & AboutNovember 14, 2014

Mr Finch’s Cinder Embers exhibition, at Anthropologie

By Amanda

Mr Finch is an unusual chap. He started life as a jeweller, then moved into being a textile artist because he wasn’t really enjoying it that much. Hailing from Yorkshire and with a jolly demeanour, he is a dapper dresser… Read More

Out & AboutOctober 10, 2014

A weekend in Copenhagen

By Jane

It’s that time of year when summer seems like a distant memory and Christmas seems all too close. October is my favourite month for exploring new places and cities really are at their best when it’s sunny but cold. Last… Read More

Out & AboutOctober 9, 2014

More stores we could move into: Aesop Richmond

By Amanda

Last week I went to the opening of the latest Aesop store, just down the road from me in Richmond. The brand has taken over a spot that used to be the most wonderful children’s bookshop, The Lion & Unicorn.… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & AboutOctober 3, 2014

See this: Leading Ladies by Nancy Honey

By Amanda

100 Leading Ladies, a photographic exhibition celebrating 100 influential senior female figures in society, opened yesterday at Somerset House. The photographer is award winning Nancy Honey, who clearly had her work cut out for her pinning down these super successful… Read More

Out & AboutOctober 2, 2014

See this: Best of Britannia

By Jane

Now in its third year Best of Britannia brings together the best of British cars, boats and bikes, high quality mens and womenswear, jewellery and accessories furniture and furnishings and is well worth a visit if you are in London… Read More

Out & AboutSeptember 15, 2014

‘Ich bin ein cocktail trinker’, TWR recommends the best cocktail bars in Berlin

By Amanda

Last week I was in Berlin, my first ever visit. Middleagedad wanted to see some art, I wanted to look at the retail (work, honest) and shop vintage and youngestson wanted to check out the music stores. I can report… Read More

Out & AboutSeptember 9, 2014

Style my holiday: a thought on fantasy holiday wardrobes

By Amanda

About once a year I get an urge to sell my entire wardrobe on ebay and start again. I look at my rails of clothes and think ‘I don’t want any of this, what I really want is to wear… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 19, 2014

See this: Horst Photographer of Style

By Jane

Starting on September the 6th, the V&A will hold a retrospective of the work of Horst P. Horst (1906-99), one of the 20th century’s greatest fashion photographers. In a career that spanned six decades, Horst photographed the work of couturiers… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 6, 2014

See this: The Corner Shop

By Jane

It’s not every day I come across a shop that fills me with utter joy, as shopping generally leaves me cold (unless it’s Marni of course). But imagine a shop that stirs memories, makes you smile and leaves you feeling… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 1, 2014

See this: Finding Vivian Maier

By Jane

Remember we told you about Vivian Maier back in September last year. A career nanny who secretly took over 100,000 photographs and earned a posthumous reputation as one of America’s most insightful street photographers. The film about her fascinating life… Read More

Out & AboutJuly 30, 2014

Something for the weekend: Hackney WickED and Feast

By Jane

Hackney Wick is one of those areas you might never visit unless your were local. Nestled between Victoria Park and the Olympic park/ Westfield, Stratford, until recently (pre Olypmpics) it was full of small factories, artist studios and undiscovered (except… Read More

Out & AboutJuly 16, 2014

See these: Before I Go to Sleep and Gone Girl

By Jane

Two of my favourite ‘did he didn’t he’ novels have been turned into films and despite my dislike of Nicole Kidman (don’t ask why, I don’t know!) I am very excited about the release of Before I Go to Sleep,… Read More

Out & AboutJuly 15, 2014

Scent Salon with Odette Toilette and Aesop

By Amanda

Only a week to go before our fabulous Scent Salon with Aesop and Odette Toilette, have you bought your tickets yet? It should be a fantastic evening. For those that have and for anyone who isn’t quite sure what we… Read More

Events, Out & AboutJune 29, 2014

A Taste For Scent, with The Women’s Room and Odette Toilette

By Amanda

We are on holiday this week, but while we are away…..Exciting news! We are proud to announce we are having our first TWR fragrance event, in conjunction with the fabulous fragrance expert Odette Toilette and the beauty brand Aesop. A… Read More

Out & AboutJune 6, 2014

The New Craftsmen Gallery space, our kind of shop

By Amanda

You might remember my enthusiastic post on the pop up New Craftsmen Garage late last year, which I was a little late telling you about. Well I hope I’m the first to flag up the collective’s fabulous new space, in… Read More