One Christmas a few years ago, my lovely stepfather-in-law gifted me a copy of Mary Beard’s Women & Power: A Manifesto. Clever and endlessly enquiring, he always gives a great book every year, and inscribes something witty on the inside cover.
This one read: ‘More quivers for your bow! But alas - even from Mary Beard - a ...
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December 13, 2025
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December 07, 2025
You Are What You Give... with Miranda Sinclair
Miranda helped me style Scribble & Daub's first ever trade show over a decade ago - truth be told, I’m not sure how much the crowd appreciated our gorgeous high gloss, high colour creations - but we did! - and it was the beginning of a friendship and ongoing professional admiration that led to me making her wedding invitations (inspired by legendary hotel Le Colombe d'Or's menus) and now this lovely interview...
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December 03, 2025
Let's Stick Together This Christmas!
“Snowflakes, of course, are theultimate exercise in sheer creative glee”Julia Cameron, The Artist's WayWilson ‘Snowflake' Bentley was the first person ever to photograph a snowflake in 1885. Over the next 47 winters of his life, he took 5,381 pho...November 30, 2025You Are What You Give with... Charlotte Molesworth, Artist & Gardener
This week, we are honoured to welcome the Topiary Queen herself, Charlotte Molesworth, to share her Christmas traditions and thoughtful presents.A universally adored and admired artist and gardener, Charlotte presides over a wonderland of giant peacocks and other fantastical, topiarised tree-sculptures at Balmoral Cottage, where she lives with her equally wonderful husband, Donald.November 22, 2025You Are What You Give... with Sophie Rowell of Cote de Folk
Welcome to the second festive instalment of our You Are What You Give interview series, where we ask distinguished and discerning guests to share their gifting and decorating traditions, and five things they would like to give, and to receive, this Christmas…
Sophie Rowell is a creative force; after twenty two years as an art director and fashion stylist, she switched lanes and - entirely self taught - became one of the most singular and exciti...
November 21, 2025A Crafted Christmas
"Craft is expensive, but it’s worth it when you take a moment to understand its value. Our great societal ill is that everything else is so cheap."Hugo Macdonald (of Bard Scotland) in Wallpaper* this month