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Are You Sitting Comfortably- November reads “Reputations” sponsored by Julia Brendel
What an absolute corker of a month! Three extraordinary books dealing with super strong female characters. We will be interviewing the super famous Sarah Vaughan about her latest novel (also about to be made into a tv series like her previous book “Anatomy of A Scandal”) as well as looking at Kate Mosse’s latest book “Warrior Queens and Quiet Revolutionaries”. The amazing textile designer Julia Brendel is kindly sponsoring this…
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Are You Sitting Comfortably Suggested further reads for October “New Beginnings”
What a live this week. What more could you ask for when the rain is lashing down than an evening of books and wine? Plenty of rooms with a view too with SJ Axelby’s beautiful ode to room portraiture in her collection of illustrations and vignettes into designers’ living spaces, Interior Portraits: An Artist’s View of Designers’ Living Spaces. Definitely the perfect accompaniment to any new beginning and an…
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Christmas Magazineing Part Deux
We were lucky enough to be invited into the stunning home of VV Raven . Not only a truly beautiful cottage but also practically on my doorstep so no terrifyingly long night driving for me – although I did manage to get lost on the way home thereby doubling the journey time!!! Jo and her husband Peter run VV Raven – an eclectic mix of amazing floristry and vintage clothing…
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Hall Farm Cottage
Their English Country Cottages I instantly fell in love with the sash windows, the long path to the front door, the enclosed garden and the seclusion of the cottage Eighteen months before Anna and her partner Andrew had sold their respective houses and started looking for a home together, Anna had spotted this gem of a cottage but dismissed the cottage as out of her price range. Fortunately when they…
