Unless you’re nursing a new-born, are on the long-term sick, or recovering from major surgery, it’s unlikely you’ll have watched as much You’ve Been Framed as me. I’m completely addicted to it, and can’t attend a wedding or see a trampoline without expecting something to go awfully wrong at any minute. Harry Hill, who does the voice over, has a long-running joke about plastic stacking chairs being sentient and out for revenge. It’s because they feature (breaking, tipping over, or both) in so many clips, you see.

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Last chance to WIN!

If you only get one thing done this weekend, may I humbly suggest it’s entering our giveaway draw for a beautiful pair of Striped Wave cushions worth £90 from Nitin Goyal. It’s as easy as leaving your name. And if you missed it, also check out our interview with Nitin about his inspiration and workshop, […]

A fete in rural France

I’m back from the fete in my mum and dad’s village in rural France.

Let there be light (in my bathroom)

Put’ big light on. There is only one bit of my lovely light-filled flat by the sea that is dingy, and that’s the bathroom. It’s sandwiched between two other rooms, and has a floor space so small that the cat couldn’t even swing a mouse. It’s very dark and, when the door is shut, rather […]

Nitin Goyal’s inspirations – and a competition

Today we’re very pleased to be announcing our very first competition on the blog. We’ve been shy of competitions until now, but when we interviewed textile and homeware designer Nitin Goyal, we just couldn’t resist his offer of something from his covetable range to give away to our readers. When you see them you’ll be […]