This years’ Christmas present to myself: an alabaster lemon discovered yesterday nestled on a shelf in the small but quite beautiful shop of Myerscough & Mairs in Hastings Old Town. My lemon was keeping company with an enviable array of exquisitely chosen old objects and pictures, idiosyncratic oddities, and three violins - it turns out the owner renounced a life of their restoration to set up this treasure trove a couple of years ago. I’m very glad he did...

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