Come on, everyone has one. What would you sell in yours? And wouldn’t you like it to be on Lamb’s Conduit Street? Because, holy fun, if you can bother yourself to put a proposal of your shop idea together pretty swiftly, then you can actually win the chance to make it happen as a pop-up […]
In Scotland this week and a rifle through the local paper led me to artist / filmmaker Murray Grigor’s collection of prints, currently on show at the Aberfeldy Watermill. His series depicts famous Scottish landmarks or stories reworked with contemporary imagery, including this, his version of the Forth Bridge covered in a William Morris print. It stirs the pattern-loving side of me, something […]
Just quickly, a lovely photo gallery on The Guardian today of hidden (some more than others) architectural interior gems, includes this shot of south London’s amazing Rivoli Ballroom.
It’s that time of year again when this house takes part in a fun game of Rotate The Illness. In desperation, I’ve introduced a new breakfast to my day. I know, doesn’t it just look like the work of a food stylist? It’s the ingredients for my green smoothie which, if you like the taste […]
I listened to Philip Hensher chatting about the dying art of handwriting on Start the Week last week and have now just stumbled across his blind analysis of certain famous people’s penmanship. Guess whose handwriting (above) he describes as ‘a bit sad and babyish’? That’s one Barack Obama. I’m definitely with the Hensher on the […]