The Journal

The longer version.

What changed, what worked, where we stayed—and the independent makers, shops and places I think deserve to be known.

Myrtleberry kitchen

Home · Transformation

We knocked the wall down

The honest before and after of the kitchen, and why opening it up changed far more than the view.

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St Ives

Travel · Cornwall

St Ives: the bits I would go back for

The views and small details I kept photographing.

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At home · Next

The new cabinet

It is going in soon. I will share the process here—including the decisions that change halfway through.

Coming soon

Independent · People & places

Small businesses worth knowing

Thoughtful features on the makers, shops, hotels, restaurants and local businesses we genuinely rate, with paid, gifted or hosted relationships always made clear.

Features coming soon