Category: ADVENT CALENDAR
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12 Days of Advent | Day 12: Happy Christmas Darling
What does Christmas mean to you? You’ve seasoned your chicken, cleaned your skirting boards, overdone it on the shopping, presents are wrapped and under the tree or piled on the table or in nooks and crannies but Christmas is much bigger than these elements that pull it all together. In the simpler term, Christmas means…
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12 Days of Advent | Day 11 – Make Time To See Some Art
Kerry James Marshall at the Royal Academy of Art: a history of and celebration of Black love, resilience and survival with pivotal moments in between. Nigeran Modernism at The Tate Modern: one work; Tutu underpins this astonishingly beautiful exhibition. Marie Antoinette at the V&A: of late I have been fascinated by the young queen whose…
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12 Days of Advent | Day 10 – Chase The Winter Sun
BA has a sale going at the moment and my favourite thing to do is to plan my year’s travel during the sale and whittle it down to two or three if I am extra rebellious. In the winter months I have two options; Marrakech or Venice; there something ever so wildly beautiful about going…
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12 Days of Advent | Day 9: The Windows- Selfridges, best in show
Pay attention retailers and brands big and small, it doesn’t matter how much or how little money you throw at something, if the story is lost, you lose your audience; tell the story. In the words of William Forrester; PUNCH THE KEYS! From Finding Forrester, one of the best movies of all time. Selfridges, oh…
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12 Days of Advent | Day 8: The Windows- Fortnum & Mason & Liberty
FORTNUM & MASON In 3rd place is my beloved Fortnum’s; I am not sure what it is, but I wanted more from these windows. What Fortnum’s does, in storytelling and capturing that magic of Christmas, it does really well but it was only pipped by Liberty’s because it did what Fortnum’s does but also wove…
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12 Days of Advent Day 7 | The London Walk
As if you needed to be reminded that I am a lover of London, but I feel the need to remind you that I am a lover of London in the most intimate and ridiculous of ways because it is simply the best city in the world; culture, art, history, welcome… The best time outside…
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12 Days of Advent – Day 6: The Lazy Girl’s Gift Guide
Each year I try to avoid doing a gift guide, quick on the heels black Friday and cyber week, those things are overwhelming and do we need to spend more money? Plus I’m lazy and I often leave things to the very last minute hence the Lazy Girl’s Gift Guide. So here goes my one…
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12 Days of Advent – Day 5 | The Windows – Harvey Nichols & Harrods
I am getting my worst in show out of the way because what the hell was that? Did Harvey Nichols even do a window this year? It feels like they skipped Christmas and went right to New Year. I always feel like windows, particularly Christmas windows are the avenue to create fantasy and to draw…
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12 Days of Advent Day 4 | Make Chocolate!
This is something I always, always recommend for the holidays, so if you are not new here, then you are not new to this and hopefully made plans. If you are new here, then welcome and here’s hoping, but I’ve got you covered. I am not a fan of chocolate per se, but I do…