pastimes
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Kate Spade Stationary at Selfridges
As someone who has a weakness when it comes to stationary, I was super excited when I found out that Selfridges had started stocking the wonderfully glamorous stationary range from Kate Spade. Featuring a whole range of notebooks, desk implements, push pins and journals, this range is just the ultimate in glamorous stationary for budding writers, avid diarists and just those who can’t walk past a branch of Paperchase! I took a look around the Birmingham branch and was instantly drawn to the wonderful ‘Idions’ pencils, the binder clips and the glasses pencil case (all featured below). I thought these would be super stylish for the occasions when I venture…
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I blame my nan for my love of Bingo
One of my earliest memories is of spending time in social clubs watching my nan play Bingo. She was a real whizz at it, and quite lucky too, often winning the full house, although she could be a bad loser when the mood took (I used to giggle when I heard her shout ‘shake your balls up…and still laugh when I think about it now.) Nan loved Bingo, often marking two books at a time, each containing six mini boards. I used to be amazed that she could do this all at once – how exactly did she scan those numbers so quickly? I guess, looking back, I can safely…



