Posts written in October, 2011

Our old Fiat Punto was on its last legs so we took it to webuyanycar.com a month ago and sold it. Which was a painless and surprisingly pleasant experience. Instead of buying another car we decided to go the leasing route, replacing it with a brand new sporty Punto. Which has been a revelation! Compared…read more

In the olden days, when I was an art college student, I wore ridiculous clothes. I strode the streets of Brighton decked in flowing home-made robes cut from vintage velvet curtains and old bits of funky fabric, sewn with beads and jewels, topped off with fabric-covered DIY cardboard hats. These days my crazy non-fashion sense…read more

Last winter my friend Lavinia hired a car and we set off, just after the snow had melted, for a charity shop frenzy in Tunbridge Wells. It peed down – all a bit of a ‘mare – so we left early, bundling down the country roads near Battle dodging potholes. Inevitably we hit one, hidden…read more

Woken up at half six again this morning by our boiler roaring like a dragon as it kicks off for the day, I’m aware it’s probably in need of a service. Rattling, rumbling and a variety of sounds just  like an aeroplane taking off are a sure sign all isn’t well on the heating front….read more

After watching Gok Wan on telly last night I’m inspired, keen to top up my winter wardrobe. And I think this time, having scouted round our site for fashion discount codes, I’m going for Boden. Their stuff is fantastically stylish, it’s wonderfully well made and they have a canny eye for delicious, rich, vibrant colour,…read more

Here’s one for the obsessively tight amongst us. If the thought of recycling a tin before you’ve wrung every single bit of useful life out of it sends you into a spin, here’s ten ways to make use of one of Britain’s most prevalent bits of junk, the humble baked beans tin: buy some of…read more

My studio faces West so the sun doesn’t get round this side ’til late morning at this time of year. It’s a beautiful sunny, mild day today but I’m chilly sitting still. It’s tempting to whack the heating up a notch or two but recent energy price hikes have made me wary of piling on…read more

You can tell when a brand is confident: they don’t bother with an About Us page! Selfridges and Co  is a prime example… and rightfully so. Most people have heard of them, they have a global reputation for quality and style and we’re proud to have Selfridges discount codes on board. Us Brits take advantage…read more