This gorgeous golden-jacketed book is totally brilliant. We sat in bed dipping in and out and reading its extraordinary stories with much delight. It’s author, Molly Oldfield, has been a researcher on the cult geek TV programme QI for eight… Continue reading
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Posts Tagged ‘great gift’
Cook book: Joanna Weinberg’s Cooking for Real Life
We’ve long since been fans of Joanna Weinberg’s food writing and recipes. Her first book, Relish, was about how to actually enjoy cooking for groups of people, rather than it being a stressful chore, and her advice and recipes really
Design & Shopping: I spot DH T-shirt
How about this for an ingenious and perfectly formed piece of design? Whether or not you ♥ Damien Hirst and his Spot Paintings – recently on show at all eleven Gagosian Galleries around the world (and ending this
Drink: Jing Tea
We didn’t think speciality tea was our thing – too fussy, too hippy, too dusty, too much trouble? – something, anyway, put us off. But then we were given some Jing tea and we are now true converts. Jing
Cookbook: The Modern Pantry Cookbook by Anna Hansen
Sometimes you want a cook book that tells you how to do the best beef stew or make a great chocolate pud, and then there are nights when you want to make and taste something new and
Jewellery: Turquoise Mountain at Erickson Beamon
Erickson Beamon is one of our favourite jewellery shops for both statement costume pieces and delicate gems (dare to dream, anyway). It is also one of the few jewellers in London with its own workshop, which means you won’t find… Continue reading
Prize draw: win a copy of Kit Kemp’s interiors book, A Living Space
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Kit Kemp, together with her husband Tim, are the co-founders of the Firmdale Hotel group, which owns some of our favourite hotels including The Crosby in New York and The Covent Garden in London. Kit is responsible for the interior… Continue reading
Prize draw: win The Urban Beekeeper by Steve Benbow, plus a jar of honey made by his bees
Prize draw ends 5pm on Fri 29 June 2012
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Urban beekeeper? Urban hero, more like. We’ve been fans of Steve Benbow, a professional beekeeper, since we first saw his hives (on TV) on the rooftop of Fortnum and Mason. Then we tasted the honey from those same hives:
Prize draw: signed copies of Joanna Weinberg’s cook book: Cooking for Real Life
Prize draw ends Friday 8 June at 5pm
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We’ve long since been fans of Joanna Weinberg’s food writing and recipes. Her first book, Relish, was about how to actually enjoy cooking for groups of people, rather than it being a stressful chore, and her advice and recipes really… Continue reading
Prize draw: win signed copies of Hilary Mantel’s Bring up the Bodies
Bring up the Bodies published 10 May 2012. Prize draw ends Fri 25 May at 5pm.
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It’s arrived! Bring up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel’s sequel to Wolf Hall is published today, and if you loved the latter as much as we did, then you’ll be desperate to get your hands on a copy of Bring up… Continue reading
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