Category: ADVENT CALENDAR
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Advent Story #8 | This Damn Morning
Hendrix was having a pisser of a morning that continued from the night before and it had nothing at all to do with a wild night spent in a woman’s bed, something he hasn’t done in over two decades, or from a hangover after a late one with the guys, something he did once a…
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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS | FORTNUM & MASON
You know how I feel about Fortnum’s it is my favourite department store in London. If ever there is a store that knows its brand, its consumer down to a fine science and understands that relationship with them? It is Fortnum’s. Absolutely completely so. Afternoon Tea the iconic jubilee tea salon that feels like one…
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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS- ANNABEL’S MAYFAIR
If ever there was an award for places that absolutely smash Christmas each year, Annabel’s would take the top prize every single time because I am mesmerised by what they do with the front of the private members cub, smack in the middle of Mayfair where precious few would deign to enter. Bear in mind…
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LAZY GIRL GIFT GUIDE – THE HOME
Because in the words of Oliver Wendell-Holmes, “where we love is home, home that our feet may leave but not our hearts.” If you have been invited to someone’s home it is only polite to take a gift wishing them well, one that when they use it, no matter how small or large, will always…
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Advent Story #7 – Heart of Glass and Ice
‘Dad we need to talk.’ Francis has been following the story of his daughter’s unravelling life, he did not expect to hear from her, they have not spoken in twenty years, since she refused his offer to walk her down the aisle. Despite her position in the company their paths hardly ever cross and when…
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Advent Story #6 | Into the Woods
There is a gentle knock on Ife’s door, something she is not expecting, because she is not expecting anyone. Besides, no one knows her here, although she has made friends with Valentina the ice cream shop owner, she does not know where she lives. She answers anyway. ‘Bonasera.’ ‘Bonasera.’ It is not the ice-cream shop…
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Advent Story #5 – Comment Section
‘Do you see what they are saying about her?’ Zoya has not stopped reading the comment section of the many tabloids in as many days. The talk with their father turned everything on its head for them, it really was not what it seemed, and she wanted to beat up every single person talking shit…
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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS – DIOR
Oh Dior… I don’t know that I like this. Yet I know that I don’t not like it. On the one hand, it feels lazy because what we have here is a massive butterfly thingy on the façade of the store warmed it up with gold and hope for the best. On the other hand,…
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Advent Story 4 – Ice Cream for Breakfast
It has been four days since she blew up her life and Ife has not gotten out of bed, except to bathe and change from one cashmere set to another. The wind rustles outside her windows, and she burrows further into the bed, beneath the duvet. This house is cold. Are Italians allergic to heating?…