It's been a little quiet here the last few weeks, and this weekend I am showing you the reason. We all need to get out sometimes, and the...

Did you own a little tea set when you were a child? I guess it used to be very much a girls' thing so that leaves out at least 50% of...

As someone who doesn't eat meat, I love to eat avocado for its healthy properties... and I was very struck when I found this amazing...

You had to go without a blog post last week as I was on holiday in Cornwall... but while there I came across something interesting. You...

This last month has been full of great sporting tournaments: the European football title, the Wimbledon tennis tournament, and of course...

You may know that I love a good porcelain figure... not the gaudy figures that you can find in a charity shop, but the true masterpieces...

I wrote about the colour pink a few weeks ago (you can read it here). Then recently I came across a pink conundrum that puzzled everyone...

A while ago you might have seen a wonderful set of plates similar to these, made by Chamberlains in Worcester in about 1815. That set was...

What better to do on a muggy summer day than to go on a hike in the countryside? But if you struggle to get out, I know a way to see the...

This month you can read my latest column in Homes & Antiques: The Spirit of Invention. I am writing about the very beginnings of...