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The best things in life aren’t things.

      After an absolutely exhausting week working in sweltering, sunny Guernsey, I actually found the time to take a couple of random pictures on my walk down to work this morning. No matter how stressed or tired I get, my spirits are always lifted by these random glimpses of stunning beauty that surround […]

Phew! What a scorcher….

For all you people who’s brains are slowly melting in the heat out there, here is a preview of the latest addition to Zaha Hadid’s furniture collection. I hope looking at these pieces from her ‘Glacial’ collection will help you to cool down. In the meantime, I’m drawing inspiration from it to come up with […]

Baobab, Tamanu, Argan… what’s it all about?

Anyone with even a cursory interest in the make-up of skincare cannot fail to have noticed an increase in the use of exotic-sounding oils which were largely unknown even a decade ago. Argan oil is at the forefront of this latest trend. We have all wondered at one point or another whether these oils possess […]

Orchid Fever

      Orchids have the distinction of being so beautiful that they have been known to induce a psychosis-like disease known as Orchidelirium in susceptible flora enthusiasts. From the Victorian era to the present day, people have been willing to lie, cheat and kill to get their hands on this most seductive of flowers. […]