Roving reporter

Scary or cool?

Speaking of Facebook – Ros, I’ve totally logged out and am inches away from killing the page – Here is an image I had as my profile pic for a while, which let me tell you did divide opinion.

Polish proverbs

Back to being busy…

Oh god, it’s the first day back at work. All those Christmassy thoughts of new ways of doing things, a better life, a tidier house, all squashed back in their box again by the sheer weight of nonsense foisted on one during the typical working day. Facebook has been a-flutter with memes on the subject […]

Holiday reading: The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift

I’m writing this in between packing to go away for Christmas tomorrow, so forgive me if what follows is a bit brief and confusing. This is my first Christmas present, a book about artist and writer John Hargrave’s movement The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift. It looks very intriguing, so I thought I’d share it […]

Basement Stories

Basement Stories… or off-plan decorating

Look away now anyone who’s known me a while – you’ll have heard this drivel before. Everyone else, well, let me tell you about my doctor. In the early days of living in London, a dampish basement flat in Kentish Town, I was often ill and almost always miserable. Confronted with adult life and having […]

Trend or travesty: Colour-collage wallpaper

Christmas deadlines loom so I’ll get straight to the point. I’m drawn to this wacky wallpaper, which I think would look amazing in a tiny bathroom. It’s from Fromental, made from collaged pieces of hand-dyed lacquered paper and “inspired by Chinese mountain landscapes and scholars’ rocks.” I’m thinking behind the toilet or something.