Ellen and Portia installed 18 bathrooms in their house so they didn’t have to have one.* Jenny Eclair dubbed it ‘the passion killer’. Yes, today’s post is about the ensuite bathroom. Here’s mine. Aren’t I lucky to have one? Maybe not, and here’s why. If you live with someone you love right down to their assortment […]
Looking for blog inspiration today I read this piece on the Guardian about what objects the writer would save from a house fire. She chooses two much-mauled and mended toy lions that belong to her autistic son, and writes about the meaning that has accumulated in them over the years. Loving anything that can be […]
For my birthday last week, an insignificant age celebrated with a massive party (really recommend that), My Friend bought me this lovely coffee table book: Fully of lovely prints, sketches, inspirational bits, it’s a record of Angie Lewin’s work and covers her nature studies in Norfolk and Scotland. There aren’t many images of her studio […]
I’m writing from the Sick House today so am kicking off the week with a quick quiz. Can you tell me what the following object from my kitchen shelf is? If you hate the kind of quiz where you’re never actually given the answer, then best tune out now. Seriously, can anyone tell me what […]
At Christmas my parents were both delighted – and possibly slightly amused – to see me draw down this recipe book from the shelf. It was theirs originally, and at some point at university I nicked it. I’ve used it as my default recipe book ever since. Poor Cook is a classic. Published in 1971, […]