So this weekend was Margate Pride and I had a lovely time. Last year’s Pride was pretty sad – leaflets went out to homes beforehand from someone warning against the town turning into “Margay” (sounds like a dream to me). In the end there was a paltry procession and the main acts got cancelled because of a last-minute lack of funds. This year however was a full-on celebration. I even made these flower hats for me and my pals. Obvs I made mine the biggest.

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Fête life

Back again to the annual fete in the French village where my parents live. I’ve reported from previous fetes, so you can catch-up on just what it involves here (clue: loads of food, loads of boule). Every year is the same, and every year is different, with the events of the year, the weather and […]

A book I want

A friend got it for her birthday last week and rightly identified it as being right up my street. Snapshots of Dangerous Women is a collection of vintage photographs belonging to 60-something New York investment banker Peter J Cohen. He’s been collecting photos from flea markets for 25 years and his apartment is up to […]

View of a view

One last gift that I didm’t include in my ‘hedonism of things’ birthday round-up was the present from my mum. My mum loves paintings, especially of the sea – the house in Cornwall is packed with them. So on her last visit to Margate mum urged me to pick out a painting I liked for […]

Not feeling the linen…

…or to be honest, I’m feeling it too much. Yup I got linen bedding a while ago because it was a trend, two friends I visited had truly lovely linen-dressed beds and I’ve got no control over my purchasing impulses. In all honesty I got a cheaper cotton sheet (fitted Ros, deal with it) and […]