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We’ve just had the best weekend ever doing the things that 18 months ago we’d have taken for granted. We sat in the garden with Anna and Chris from next...

Do you remember when Vogue requested samples to shoot on Eddie Redmayne and I said I’d update you. Well, we sent the samples and then they put him in Tom Ford instead....

This week is Earth Week, so I wanted to write about ‘slow fashion’ – clothing that you buy and can wear year in, year out and doesn’t fall apart after 3...

I left work early on Wednesday to go to somewhere called B&Q. I don’t usually do DIY but I do do colour and I wanted to choose some paint for...

Last week we stood out the back of the office in a sheltered patch of sunlight near the cardboard bin. You know, the bit where if it was 1995 you’d...

Hello everybody. Easter’s brilliant, isn’t it? I love the sunshine, the meals with the family and a bit of good chocolate. We’re so lucky in Leek because we have a...

In November we totally sold out of our gorgeous Earl Grey print PJs, robes and nightshirts – the mill had run out of the cloth but said we could use...

It’s Mother’s Day today in the UK and earlier this week I had a chat with my colleagues in the office about it. There’s 4 of us in the office...

This week has been mainly about checking the doormat to see if April’s Vogue has arrived because, and I kid you not, they wrote to us a few weeks back and asked...

It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday in the UK and I’ve just had a chat with my colleagues in the office about it. There’s 4 of us here and we’re all...

Before we crowdfunded investment a few years back, Alex came and shot the film of Darren and I talking to camera so we could pitch to potential investors. We’ll never...

When the pandemic first hit we made tie-fastening face masks, and with your generosity we gave thousands of them away to local schools, doctors surgeries and shops. It was great to...