Hadn’t been to Balham in many years – over a decade, I believe – and my, it’s changed a bit. Some damn fine charity shops there now, too. Wandered through…
Am slightly wondering why, exactly, I might need some smart (or smart-ish, at least) clothes at the moment, given that working from home barely demands getting dressed at all, but…
Yes, I know, it’s a horrid cliche: Londoners go to Margate for the day, go to vintage shop, etc, etc. Still, this little black-legged mid-century coffee table (actual age &…
A general process of attrition and opening-up of hanging space allowed a weakening of charity-shopping restraints: two blouses in one hit, a raid on the Oxfam Traid in Camden. …
My mother (yes, her again) has been turning out the contents of various fully-stuffed cupboards and cabinets, and I happened to mention using tea-lights on my balcony. Cue one bag…
The embargo has lifted, I suppose, on items ‘donated’, offloaded or otherwise pressed upon me by my mother. The main limitation is how often I get to visit. Last trip…
Liking the Marie Curie charity shop in Belsize Park. Probably shouldn’t tell you this, but it seems to stock quite a lot of brand-new Cos stuff. Like this navy blue…
Before my last stint at a West London office, a quick raid on the nearby Oxfam Books at Turnham Green. £20 bought a bagful to keep me occupied over Easter……
There’s not much in my family by way of promised heirlooms – jewellery long gone, following a series of burglaries in the ’90s – and we never had any antiques…
While I can’t imagine the circumstances under which I might possibly even consider buying something new from Tommy Hilfiger (yeah, right) when an interesting piece turns up at a reasonable…
