You’re right Fiona, to shop or not to shop is definitely the question – read her excellent frugal but fun Christmas blog here. At such times who better to deliver a shopping decree than a re-hash of Lord Kitchener’s 1914 finger-po..

Yikes – it’s Christmas scrum season already!  You know the routine, you write your present and card list.  Mull on it.  Forget to take it with you.  Hold off for the discount shopping days. Then start to stress that ..

It's 6pm and I'm in Shoreditch Town Hall, the spectacular venue hosting the much awaited RE:Fashion Awards. It's manic. Guests will be arriving in half an hour and I am running around like a headless chicken, frantically trying to co ordinate usher..

Economy in trouble? Financial stability on the rocks? Scrabbling for solutions? I know! How about we try and spend our way out of the madness! In the same vein as 'Dubya' and Tony urged us to right after the planes hit the towers on 9/11, it seems ..

I took a trip to the Oxford Street Topshop store last Saturday afternoon. Was I mad to face the crowds in pursuit of what could be seen as frivolous, throw-away, fast fashion? I like to think of myself as a more-ethical-than-most shopper but does t..

Last week we had a great lunch and learn from Helen Carnac, an artist and academic, and Andy Horn who are working on a project called slow revolution examining the crossover between the slow movement and the nature of craft and craftsmanship.In the..