Every good kitchen/dining room needs a wine rack and this, resembling a bunch of grapes, is both pretty and witty. I once interviewed Venka de Rooij, the owner of Dutch By Design, where you can buy this, and she told me the Dutch are renowned for their humour in design. The site is also currently…
As a frequent contributor to The Independent’s regular 50 Best features, I have been researching and discovering new places to shop for over ten years now. This directory aims to provide you with details of the ones that I think are the best. It will start off alphabetically because that is the easiest way to compile…
Remember the old days of the London Underground? Fusty smoke-filled carriages, soot in the air and, for those on the Metropolitan Line, the high-backed seats with the luggage racks above? The London Transport Museum has salvaged a few of those 1960s racks from decommissioned trains and they will be available to buy from March 2012.…
