Reading Time: 5 minutesReview of the Helmsley Tweed Coat from Rydale clothing. I see many years of wear in this coat both through its quality and style.
Sarah Eden Portraits: Small Business Focus
Reading Time: 5 minutesAn interview with Sarah Eden Portraits, an artist from Wiltshire
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Keeping warm this winter!
Reading Time: 7 minutesAs summer turns to autumn and then winter, I like to make sure I’m prepared to keep warm without flicking the central heating on. With soaring energy prices, I’m even more aware of keeping costs low but still keep warm without turning the heating on. I have oil fired central heating and oil is not …
Trallwm Forest Cottages: Small Business Focus
Reading Time: 8 minutesInterview with Mary from Trallwm Forest Cottages in rural Mid Wales.
Pasta making at Vaughan’s Cookery School
Reading Time: 6 minutesMy experience of the pasta making class, “Pasta with Peter” at Vaughan’s Cookery School, Devizes, Wilts. Making both with and without a machine.
Spotlight Stationery: Small Business Focus
Reading Time: 5 minutesWelcome to the third edition of the Small Business Focus series. This week we hear from Mary Wright and her husband Rob who together, run the stationery subscription service, Spotlight Stationery. As a stationery lover (and perhaps addict) myself the idea of having a selection of notebooks, pens, pencils and other stationery items mailed to me …
Diamond Divas Salon: Small Business Focus
Reading Time: 6 minutesWelcome to the second in the series of my Small Business Focus (you can read the first with Hoogly Tea here). This month I have the pleasure of speaking with Penny Richman of Diamond Divas Salon in Chippenham, Wiltshire. If you were to look up the definition of “nailing it” you’d find a picture of …
In love with: Books
Reading Time: 3 minutesMy name is Kim and I’m a book addict. For years I obsessed about shoes, the desire to own the most exquisite pair of Jimmy Choos or Christian Louboutin’s. At one point in my twenties, I think I owned about 120 pairs of shoes and every spare penny would be spent on a new pair …
Hoogly Tea: Small Business Focus
Reading Time: 4 minutesI interview Tina Gloggengieser of Hoogly Tea about how the company came about and what her greatest success for the business has been.