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Ferment Your Vegetables by Amanda Feifer
I have no idea why January seems to be the month everyone goes on a diet. I get the Christmas overeating reaction, but January and February are often miserable months that require comfort food and cosy living in front of… Read More
Fashion’s Front Line by Nilgin Yusuf and Niall McInerney
Strange as it may seem to today’s digital natives, there was a time when behind-the-scenes at a fashion catwalk show was a place few got to see. Before Instagram and slick marketing departments, BTS coverage was pretty much non existent.… Read More
Patch’s Grand Dog Show by Sally Muir and Joanna Osbourne
For some of us, reading Sally Muir and Joanna Osbourne’s fabulous books on knitted dogs is the closest we’ll ever get to owning our own. So when Joanna volunteered to write a post on their new book, Patch’s Grand Dog… Read More
The Crafted Garden by Louise Curley
I can never get enough of these garden ideas books, particularly when they are full of fabulous images and easy to follow instructions. This lovely book by Louise Curley divides its decorative botanical projects by season, its winter section is… Read More
The Kinfolk Home by Nathan Williams
Kinfolk Home focus’s on slowing down and creating more considered, simple living spaces. Author Nathan Williams explores 35 homes, from the US to Scandinavia, Japan, Asia, Africa and Australia – ranging from an old cabin in the woods, clean-lined modern… Read More
Good Things To Drink with Mr Lyan & Friends by Ryan Chetiyawardana
This, I can vouch from recent practice, is an excellent book on drink. Since I received this to review last week I have thumbed enthusiastically through the recipes, considered a cocktail with pureed aubergines and made the Nuked Negroni, a… Read More
How to live Danishly
Ever since I wrote about living softly at the beginning of the year, I have been ever so slightly obsessed with the concept of Hygge and all things Danish.
Denmark is apparently the happiest place in the world, one imagines… Read More
The Shop Keepers Home by Caroline Rowland
Taking a peek inside the homes of the owners of the most stylish lifestyle retailers, Caroline Rowland offers decorating advice inspired by their shopkeepers’ shops and houses, featuring inspirational furniture and lighting ideas, advice on layout, walls and floors and… Read More
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
Just in case any of your are as addicted to murder mysteries as I am, I’m just flagging up that the third book in the excellent Comoran Strike series, written by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling) is out.
Career Of… Read More
Perfume, A Century Of Scents
One of my favourite women involved in fragrance is Lizzie Ostrom, who as her alter ego Odette Toilette runs enjoyable and informative scented events. Lizzie has been extremely generous with her time and encouragement over We Wear Perfume and we… Read More
Terrariums, Gardens Under Glass by Maria Colletti
You know how we love a terrarium, in fact we’ve been talking about them since the beginning of last year, so we were very excited to see this new book from Maria Colletti on the subject. It doesn’t disappoint, if… Read More
A Modern Way To Cook and Eat by Anna Jones
I direct you to today’s main post on Spiralizers, which might help you understand why I love this book so much, it has saved me a lot of money. I’m indebted to TWR readers and occasional contributor Julia Little, who… Read More
7 Miles Out by Carol Morley
Another day, another grown-up, girl-crush. This time the fabulously talented film director Carol Morley, she of The Alcohol Years, Dreams of A Life and The Falling. I was lucky enough to meet Carol last night at her book reading at… Read More
The Temporary Bride by Jennifer Klinec
This book surprised me, I approached it with a slightly heavy heart, anticipating it was yet another food-writer-seeks-world-travel-and-finds-herself, and although it kind of is, it’s also much more than that, as is the author Jennifer Klinec, and is worth considering… Read More
How to do older style with Italian Vogue
The July issue of Italian Vogue features older women looking fabulous in an issue titled ‘Women of Today’.
‘Timeless’ by Steven Meisel and “Leaders of the Pack’ by Bruce Weber feature some of the coolest older women from around the… Read More
Companion To Scented Plants by Stephen Lacey
While on holiday I re did a bit of my garden and wanted to put in only plants that flowered and smelled fabulous. This book was on the review pile and became my sole reference for what to plant. It… Read More
Girl In A Band by Kim Gordon
I love stories of girls in bands, maybe I really want a bit of rock & roll in my life…and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon has written one that is better than most. Fessing up, I’m not much of a Sonic… Read More
The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild
I was tipped off about this great book by the excellent Lee Randall, who reviewed it on her blog A History of my Life in 100 Objects. Lee writes a far more informed review than I ever could, but I… Read More
Run, Ride, Sink or Swim, by Lucy Fry
I read this book slightly accidentally and absolutely never expected to like it as much as I have done. I met the author Lucy Fry this week for Project Perfume (more on this later) and said I’d look at her… Read More
Sonia Delaunay by Tate Publishing
For anyone unable to visit the truly wonderful Sonia Delaunay exhibition at Tate Modern any time soon, then I can highly recommend the book. I bought it, something I rarely do these days due to shelf space and general book… Read More
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
This was recommended to me recently (thanks Susan) and it’s a joy from the start. Quirky, odd and written in a freshly modern manner, The First Bad Man is Miranda July’s first novel, she’s written short stories before, which I’ve… Read More
Style Forever by Alyson Walsh
Our mate Alyson Walsh over at the That’s Not My Age blog has written a book on looking stylish forever what ever your age. We love Alyson’s writing here at TWR and this little book is a witty and wise… Read More
It’s What I Do, by Lynsey Addario
Fessing up, I haven’t read this autobiographical account of Lynsey Addario’s life as a war photographer, but eldest son has. He is a photographer and a big reader, so kindly agreed to check this out, and he thought it was… Read More
Dinner With Jackson Pollock by Robyn Lea
For any arty chefs out there, this might appeal, as who knew artist Jackson Pollock was an enthusiastic cook? Dinner With Jackson Pollock is a very lovely looking, ring-bound cookery book by luxury book publishers Assouline, which specialises in one-upmanship… Read More
The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins
This is thrill of a read, perfect for crime and thriller lovers. Based around the narrative of Rachel, who is mostly miserable, a drinker and suffering the lingering affects of her divorce. She witnesses a visual snapshot while on a… Read More
Icons of Women’s Style, by Josh Sims
This is a lovely book, not as I first thought on glimpsing the title, about stylish female icons, but about the actual clothes that have become icons, so the pencil skirt, the trench coat, the twinset, pyjama pants and so… Read More
Chicken & Egg by Andy Cawthray and James Hermes
What better book to promote over the Easter week than Chicken & Egg, an egg-centric guide to raising poultry? I SO want to keep chickens, everyone who does so seems to get such a lot of joy from them. If… Read More
Beds and Borders by Simon Maughan and Jane Courtier
This is a sweet book for a start-gardener looking for some usable inspiration for creating a well coordinated border. The split-page format allows you to select three graduated-in-size plant types to see what they would look like together and if… Read More
First Ladies of Gardening by Heidi Howcroft
Some of the most inspirational women in gardening are listed in this lovely new book by Heidi Howcroft, with images by Marianne Majerus. From Mary Keen and Helen Dillon, Gill Richardson, Rosanna James and Sue Whittington, 14 new and experienced… Read More
Thea Porter: Bohemian Chic
After New York and London Fashion Week’s interest in all thing 70s bohemia, we suggest to grab a copy of this new V&A publication. Thea Porter’s clothes are the only ones Joan Collins never throws away, apparently and Thea’s shop… Read More