My brother is back from Tokyo for a month-long visit. He stayed with me a few days before clearing off with my car to do a grand tour of family and friends. I had asked him to bring me back a certain item of Japanese make-up, which he kindly did, but he also came bearing […]
Was it Joan Collins who said that every woman should own a leather jacket? Well, Joan I’ve never really been a leather fan, fashion or interiors-wise. Until! Until I saw Genevieve Bennett’s work in the flesh. Genevieve sculpts, embosses, engraves, layers, just does stuff (by hand) to leather that makes me like it a lot. Behold: […]
I was going to issue a warning about why you shouldn’t hanker after a huge blackboard wall like this one spotted on The Selby… if in fact the thing you love about it is the excellent drawings. My own blackboard wall is currently ‘decorated’ with the constituent elements of an apple crumble, a dozen songs […]
On Monday My Friend posted this picture of a mystery object she’d bought in Hanoi and had displayed at home, asking if anyone knew what it was for. Well we had a number of suggestions, but no definitive answer until reader Alex Robinson got specific on our asses. The answer: “It is a mould for […]
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 […]