Just a flying visit as I am off to Glastonbury shortly. Talk about from the sublime to the ridiculous.Fab holiday sailing in Corfu with my lovely sister and her husband and my delectable niece, periods of absolute bliss punctuated by moments of high...
Topics: boats, Corfu, Families, Greece, Paxos, Photography, Places, sailing, Travel, weather, yachts

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When I was first married, we lived in Cardiff and our best friends were a couple, Richard and Glynis, who have remained our friends for over thirty years. I am godmother to their daughter (hence the wedding reading – she is getting married in...
Topics: Abbotsbury, birthday card, Birthdays, Blur, Book arts, Books, Corfu, Crosby Stills and Nash, Families, Food, Glastonbury, Handmade books, Illustration, Lily Allen, Madness, Music, Neil Young, Photography, Places, Riverside, Roverandom, Spinal Tap, Status Quo, Travel, weather

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Well, I’m back. I have so much to tell you that it’s all a bit daunting, so I’ll start at the beginning and take a few short cuts.I went to see Julia Fordham perform at the Pigalle Club in London. She was quite amazing as usual, her...
Topics: Belinda Starling, Blogs, Book arts, Books, Cannes Film Festival, Claire Fordham, Dora Damage, Families, Geraldine Brooks, Hammer, Handmade books, Horoscopes, Humour, Julia Fordham, Mallorca, Movies, Music, Omid Djalili, People of the Book, Pets, Photography, Places, Puerto Pollensa, Sara Stockbridge, Switzerland, The Making of Plus One, Travel, Videos, weather

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I know you will think this is just another excuse for a gratuitous George Clooney photo and you are probably right but hey! it’s my blog, right? And there is a reason for mentioning him – a tenuous reason I know, but read on and you will see..
Topics: Blackpool, Cannes, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, coffee, Cool ads, Interesting facts, Louis de Bernieres, Movies, Places, Television, Travel, Videos, weather, wedding reading, Weddings

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I took a break from my big project this week (still can’t really show you it!) It was a bit of a busman’s holiday as a friend’s daughter, Jemima,  who is in the second year of a Visual Communication degree at a local uni, asked me to...
Topics: Apple Store, Art, Blogs, Book arts, Books, Cool ads, Crafts, Design, Digital art, Exeter, Fashion, glasses, Handmade books, Humour, Illustration, Paul Smith, Places, Roverandom, sheepdog, Shopping, Specsavers, spectacles, Videos

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