I only went out to buy some milk… but with this amazing salvage yard at the end of the road, it’s just too tempting to have a look. I ended up wheeling this little wall cabinet back home on a fabulous drinks trolley*. As I may have mentioned, a bit of shabby pink paint gets […]
What’s in my fridge is perhaps a post for another day. A day after I’ve been to the Londis. But what is on the door? … ah, that I’m about to (real) reveal. In principal I don’t really like things on fridges. But in reality I have no office, no pin board, and I work […]
Where to start in this two-pronged story… Have you seen this lovely online shop A Rum Fellow? It’s run by Dylan O’Shea and his partner Caroline Lindsell who have (respective) backgrounds in charity and fashion. This is their first shop venture, which they started at the end of last year. It’s full of colourful and […]
I definitely did not empathise enough when Ros broke her tureen, Tom broke his cup and Madeleine broke her plate. I know that now, because today I broke my favourite, favourite cup and I’m in a right mardy about it. It – I like to think she – was a gift all the way from […]
I have been to Dungeness before, on an early morning eBay errand to collect a 50s Danish desk. I sat in the cafe at the end of the shingle spit feeling melancholy. It’s that sort of place. But this glorious weekend just gone, I was passing Dungeness again at twilight. Being in this already extraordinary […]