I just stumbled across this old (wonky) tear sheet from a yonks-ago issue of Elle Deco and was bold over again by the concrete tiles by Eileen Elliott. She won various design awards for them back in 2005. The tiles are hand printed with images of Persian and kilim rugs, apparently taken from books on […]
Years ago I was half listening to the radio, and found myself enjoying hugely an interview with a posh sounding woman. She was a delight – funny, irreverent and inspiring. I had weird mixed feelings then when it came to an end and I found out it was Jilly Cooper. I have a guilty literary […]
Just back from attending an event at Drink, Shop & Do on the Caledonian Road. The event was Matthew Stinchcomb, Etsy founder, giving a talk about selling your wares online (like I, er, don’t). It was good, but a lack of seating led to some of the audience having to sit at his feet like […]
A quick post today, on a photographer I found via the Guardian’s ‘My Best Shot’ piece yesterday. Molly Landreth travelled the US for two years, photographing people for her project ‘Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life In America.’ The portraits tend to be of people, often couples, in their homes, and the relationship between the […]
Chatsworth house in Derbyshire is the seat of the Duke of Devonshire and has been home to the aristocratic Cavendish family, since the Countess of Shrewsbury – later Lady Cavendish – settled here in 1549 with her second husband Sir William Cavendish. M’ lady was married four times in all and had a pretty tasty […]