Your roving reporter took a purposeful trip to Penge two days ago to visit the independent eco garden centre Alexandra Nurseries. I have aspirations of turning my front garden into a mini meadow. The independent shop is run by two landscape gardeners, John and Sarah, who live in the adjoining house. Both buildings are part of […]
Before I get into a shameless shopping-not-culture account of my short holiday in Scandinavia, check out the kind of view I had in Sweden. Vast snowy expanses, frozen lakes and cute, pitched-roof houses painted in Falu red, soft grey-blue or mustard yellow. I loved it. The holiday started with a quick stopover in Copenhagen to […]
I read Jo Waterhouse’s TootAsInFoot blog for inspiration, lifestyle envy and a laugh. Any project she’s involved with is a winner in my book, so I was excited to read that she is now working and selling at Stoke Newington’s Committee of Taste. What a great name. And having visited their Facebook page to check […]
Yesterday on Twitter designer Gillian Kyle gave us a sneak preview of her new textile range, inspired, she said, by the Ritz Cafe in Millport. Millport is the town on Scottish holiday island Cumbrae, and though I haven’t been there, I know someone who has. A lot. The Ritz itself is a 1950s gem with […]
A Milan Design Fair preview today. In our former lives we hauled out hangovers round Milan each year, getting the tram out to old warehouses to look at everything from minimalist benches to crocheted plates. But sadly not this year, which means we won’t be cooing over this beauty in person. It’s the Vitrina cabinet […]