Blandine is a prodigious cookery writer and many of her books have been on the bestseller list for years. Currently she has five books in the top 30 cookery books on French Amazon. She writes under her own name and uses a pseudonym as well. Before becoming a cookery writer, food stylist and recipe developer… Continue reading Meet The Maker, Cookery Author Blandine Boyer
National Portrait Gallery, London 12 March-7 June 2020 Cecile Beaton and Stephen Tennant by Maurice Beck and Helen Macgregor 1927 As an antidote to Brexit, the Coronavirus and falling stock market, it was such a pleasure to visit this beautiful exhibition of, rarely seen, prints by renowned photographer Cecil Beaton. The glamorous and stylish ‘Bright… Continue reading Cecile Beaton’s Bright Young Things
‘Mum. Guess what?’ ‘What Jessie?’ ‘We’ve written a cookbook’. ‘I know darling! Do you think anyone will want to buy it?’ ‘ Well, it’s the recipes we’ve made our guests – the really good ones. Like the Sausage and Bean Casserole we made Ed Sheeran, the Drunken Crouton and Kale Salad we made Yotam Ottolenghi… Continue reading First there was the podcast now there is the book ‘Table Manners’ by Jessie and Lennie Ware
For this spring and summer the Finnish textile company Marimekko has created a new contemporary dimension to the print, called Marimekko Kioski, it is a curated collection of gender-neutral street-wear. Marimekko_Kioski Marimekko was founded by the late Armi Ratia in 1951. It is best known for a giant sized asymmetrical poppy design, Unikko- which means Poppy in Finnish. The… Continue reading For 2020 Marimekko has created a sustainable Gender Neutral collection
David Hockney "Self Portrait with Red Braces" 2003 Watercolor on paper 24 x 18 1/8" © David Hockney Photo Credit: Richard Schmidt I am a huge fan of David Hockney, considered to be one of the greatest artists working today. There have been a great many exhibitions of his work over his long career and… Continue reading David Hockney : Drawing From Life
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