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How the Great British Sewing Bee has transformed attitudes to clothes
Celebrating 10 seasons of The Great British Sewing Bee has judge Patrick Grant in a reflective mood. “I’m super proud of it. Because not only is it a really fun show, one of the warmest and kindest shows on telly, it has done so much to transform
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Is buying vintage wine a good investment?
‘Wine is endlessly fascinating and brings people together,’ says Barbara Drew at wine merchants Berry Bros & Rudd wine. ‘Every cellar is unique to the person who built it.’ Barbara is seeing an increasing interest in collectors, from those just
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Julie Langlands on founding The Bust Stop 33B in Dumfries
On March 13 Julie Langlands was inches away from closing her business, The Bust Stop 33B in Dumfries. She’d posted photographs of her handwritten signs ‘Everything is 50% off – closing May’ (complete with hand drawn sad face) on her Facebook page
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The Manchester shirt brand shaking up the fashion industry
‘We used to be called Satanic Mill, but we couldn’t get our emails through to the bank’ laughs Ken Price, one of Blake Mill's three founders. ‘The original name had come from William Blake’s poem Jerusalem where he refers to ‘these dark satanic mills
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How to create the perfect capsule wardrobe
Norfolk-based fashion stylist and writer Alexandra Fullerton has worked with a host of A-listers, including Kylie Minogue. She’s got a great tip for creating the perfect capsule wardrobe. ‘They’re just textiles held together by thread, but the
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Basingstoke-based founder of a leading baby and child toiletries company
As any parent knows, you'll go to the ends of the earth to stop your child suffering. So when her daughter Bella developed severe atopic eczema, Joanna Jenson knew she had to find a way to ease the intense irritation and pain her baby was enduring
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How to wear the modern florals trend this summer
Florals for spring are hardly revolutionary, but there’s a reason why the fashion set can’t resist bringing out the timeless print during the warmer months. Adding an appropriate dose of colour and interest to any look, there are countless ways to
