Bookmark0Clare writes craft books for the publishers Cico, and whatever the subject, they are always of the highest standard, beautifully styled and informative. I was curious how Clare had got into the business of being a craft author. She works from home in a studio at the bottom of her garden. J.B. Tell me about …
Bookmark1In this episode Amber meets author James Rayner to discuss his new book, The Isle of Wight’s Missing Chapter
Bookmark0In this episode Amber meets Jill Dawson to discuss her new book The Language Of Birds.
Bookmark1Sophie Cook – CERAMISIST Sophie Cook graduated from Camberwell School of Arts in the late nineties with just the original bottle shape in a range of matt turquoises. Since then, a full spectrum of colours and finishes have been developed as well as the emergence of the teardrop and pod shapes. Her work can now …
Bookmark0You know how they say that you should never work with children or animals? Well, I’d like to extend that to never getting into small plastic vehicles with three wheels and a husband who thinks he’s Mario Andretti. Some context. We find ourselves on a short break in Porto with friends and we have each …
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Bookmark0We’ve been having a look at some of the fab new wallpapers that are available and here are some of our favourites… Elitis – The French Interiors company and their new releases for walls. The Élitis new collection is inspired by nature and exceptional materials conceive utterly original wallpapers, wallcoverings and panoramics. Fanciful Japanese-inspired decors …
Bookmark0I was recently given some enormous, if somewhat bruised, windfall quinces. So as a great lover of cheese I decided to make some quince jelly, sometimes known as quince cheese. Suffice to say as soon as I wanted to make the jelly I couldn’t find a recipe. Then I found buried amongst all my other …
Bookmark0The eighth in our ‘Voice of the Expert‘ series with Rouse Limited. In this episode Tom Stroud discusses ‘Starting early’ with Ben Rouse and Ben Silk from Rouse Limited. To find out more visit rouseltd.co.uk
Bookmark0The nights are drawing in and who doesn’t love a pie for tea! This one is a lighter take on a traditional chicken pie which means seconds all round… Ingredients 2 leeks, trimmed and finely sliced 1–2 cloves garlic, finely diced 2 carrots, peeled and diced 200g chestnut mushrooms, quartered 500g skinless chicken breast, diced …
Bookmark0We live in pursuit of perfection. Increasingly we are embarked on a quest to become an unrealistic version of ourselves, with a perfect career, partner, children, social media feed and figure. When we fall short – when our career nose dives, our love life is disastrous, our children go off the rails, our followers flee, …
The Perfection of Imperfection: Helen Fielding in Conversation with Alain de Botton Read More »
