Save to My Nest We love this scheme from David Austin Roses to buy a rose and give to charity. The roses that are sold by David Austin are like the ones you remember from childhood – fabulously scented, multi petalled and just beautiful. I have three myself including two bought this year which I’m …
Save to My Nest I’m a confirmed fiction reader and apart from an almost unhealthy interest in the collecting of cookbooks, I don’t normally read very much non fiction. However, having been locked down for rather too much of last year, I began to appreciate my surroundings far more that I had done in recent …
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Save to My Nest I’m always thrilled when I stumble across someone who’s work really stands out from the crowd and when I saw Terry Baker and his company Art of Photo, I got in touch straight away to see what Terry and his work are all about. Zinging colours and abstract surreal themes abound …
Save to My Nest One of my oldest and dearest friends Nichola gave me this book for my birthday and I’ve finally got around to reading it and what a wonderful book it is. Gavin Francis, doctor by day and island obsessive in any spare moment that he might have has written a book which …
Save to My Nest Elizabeth Marsh Floral Design recently caught our attention with their sentimental and stunning Valentine’s Collection, complete with bouquets ranging from effortless to extravagant. With February 14th fast approaching, we took a closer look into both the story and the team behind Elizabeth’s magnificent flowers, and why there is more to them …
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Save to My Nest With the weather as it is I thought that a cocktail might be just what the February doctor ordered. Now the Bee’s Knees might not be hot cocktail but it does contain honey and lemon – so almost like an alcoholic Lemsip right? Legend has it that this drink was invented …
Save to My Nest Because we are physically based on the sunny Isle of Wight, we love to big up our local small businesses. And so, with that in mind here are some Valentine’s ideas for online ordering and delivery from our doorstep to yours… Food: Chef Robert Thompson presents UBChef – a restaurant menu …
Save to My Nest I began 2021 on a not terribly optimistic note. With the world as it is, work as it is and not being able to see my nearest and dearest, I felt defeated by the 2nd of January. Not a good time, you might think then, to read either of these two …
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