Straw London were an early stockist of Scribble & Daub, and it's hard not to fall for the beautiful ceramics, baskets, clothing and French vintage finds that inhabit Emily & Hugo's small but perfectly formed shop on Columbia Road in London. I have lived in a pair of Gardana clogs they gave me for my birthday a couple of years ago, and was also honoured to create their wedding stationery.
Sweethearts since they were 16, these stylish shopkeepers share...
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February 10, 2026
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February 06, 2026
You Are What You Give with... Florence & Richard Ingleby
More than a decade before I began Scribble & Daub, Richard & Florence were my first (and only!) employers at their eponymous gallery in Edinburgh, one of Scotland's most beautiful and respected contemporary art spaces (below, paintings in an exhibition by Caroline Walker). After many years spent in their orbit, I can tell you that they have exquisite taste, are warm and ge...
February 01, 2026How to talk about love... and how to celebrate it!
"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries; without them humanity cannot survive." Dalai LamaHow to talk about love at a moment when there is such a terrifying lack of it on display around the world? It's not always easy...On Christmas Eve (of all days!) I received an email from someone informing me tha...January 18, 2026Small Shifts & Free Gifts
"The beginning is always today"Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyHappy New Year! I don't know about you, but mine has started slowly; still feeling more like a Wood Snake curled up in hibernation, and definitely not yet ready to ride the Fire Horse coming our way for the first time in 60 years on 17th February...<...December 13, 2025You Are What You Give... with Dame Mary Beard
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 ...December 07, 2025You 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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