So my house in Margate was built around 1850, and converted into flats in the 1980s. I’ve written already here about how my usual taste has changed a little in sympathy with the old building, despite it being pretty short on original features. I have wanted to rip the kitchen out and replace it with […]
The above words for me usually conjure images of people with land, animals, clutter and an inbuilt sense of taste. As my brother used to say – this in the era when he bought a straw hat in Greece, then wore it out back in Glasgow ‘and got two “fuck you’s” and a “wanker” before […]
Auction news of the week: A collection of mugshots dating back to 1905, and originally issued as forms to warn Dundee pub landlords of drunken locals, has just sold for £1,500. Mate, you’re barred. Each form contains info about the Dundonian in disgrace – name, address, occupation – as well as helpful descriptions about their […]
While Ros was diligently covering one of the biggest interiors events of the year I was on holiday in New York. It was an admin error, seriously. I last went to New York in, I think, 2004 when Sex And The City was still in full swing and all the bars and shops those ladies […]
The last day in Milan, and it was off to explore the latest ‘design district’ established for the fair, set in San Gregorio, an area once known as ‘Petit Paris’. Arriving on Sunday morning it looked pretty unpromising, but it in the end I think it was my favourite district of all. Despite half of […]