When Ros posted about her new Glug vase obsession a while ago, it reminded me how fun it is to become a bit hung up on something. And do you know, finding things to want I just find I’m quite skilled at, so off I went and it happened in an antiques warehouse in back-of-beyond Perthshire. Readers, the thing is I think you’re going to be disgusted with this one. It’s pretty weird and not very beautiful. It’s… a trunk vase.

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Call the mortgage advisor!

The Daily Mail have just found me my dream home. Always the best place to get your hot property news, this time their ‘buy your own island’ slot has actually come up with something (almost) within my budget.  Check it…

Native Japan

When I was in Tokyo – so long ago now! – my brother was good enough to take me on a shopping trip to Kappabashi, ‘Kitchen Town’. This is where restaurants buy their giant pots, get their menus printed, order in chop sticks by the ton and so on. I was fixated on buying a […]

Making art work documentary

I found this nice little documentary Making Art Work: First Idea to Final Piece on BBC iPlayer and it’s now only available for one more day, so be quick if it takes your fancy too. The film follows six artists – in individual segments – talking through their work and processes as they go about […]

Margate/Manhattan

Everywhere you go in Margate right now, people are talking plans, arrangements, schemes. Meeting in Fort’s cafe with a laptop talking about funding applications. Men walking on the beach at sunset discussing viability of this and that. Flyers up for art projects and club nights. Anecdotes shared by shopkeepers about the number of arty types […]