>> It’s a whole load of firsts this year. For the first time in all of my thirty years, we didn’t do Christmas at my grandma’s house in Dollis Hill with our annual gathering of four different kinds of roast meats (our family is big enough that goose, duck, beef AND turkey are all on… Continue reading The Twelve Jumpers of Christmas Day
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Printed Matter Matters
>> On Saturday, when I did the big move over from old house to new, I could sense the dagger-esque glances of exasperation from the woman, who I had hired to move my stuff (yes, no man and a van – it was refreshingly a woman and a van). She didn’t say so but I… Continue reading Printed Matter Matters
A Different Sort of Move
>> Apologies as I’m still not so useful or functional as a fashion blogger right now because my iMac keyboard is literally rejecting my coarsened non-creative, hands caked in paint, plaster and sawdust. This time will pass, and just to prove that there’ll be no prolonged stop gap, I’m actually writing this from my new… Continue reading A Different Sort of Move
Petit h at Hermès: Don't throw anything away!
Like me, you probably have a box of scrap materials lying around somewhere – patches of lace, a nice length of grosgrain ribbon, buttons and any other bits and bobs that in true “Mum” fashion, might become useful one day – she thinks wistfully. Sadly in my case, that box has become a cabinet stuffed… Continue reading Petit h at Hermès: Don't throw anything away!