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Catherine spent twelve years as an interior design consultant before a friend suggested she start writing about what she already talked about constantly. She took the advice seriously. Since then she has written for home and property titles across the UK, developing a style that sits somewhere between practical guide and personal essay. She has a particular interest in how people shape their living spaces over time — not just aesthetically but emotionally. She works from a converted barn in Wiltshire and is currently restoring a neglected kitchen garden with mixed results.

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Community Gardens and the People Growing Something More Than Vegetables
Home

Community Gardens and the Shared Life Growing Between the Beds

Community gardens are easy to romanticise. A few raised beds, a shed and a line of beans can quickly become shorthand for neighbourliness,...

Minimalist Living and Why More British People Are Choosing Less
Lifestyle

Minimalist Living in Britain Without the Lifestyle Mythology

Minimalist living is often sold as a cure for clutter, stress and overconsumption. The reality is more ordinary. For some people, owning fewer...

Interior Design Trends Reshaping How British Homes Look and Feel
Home

British Interiors Beyond the Trend Cycle

Interior design trends are useful up to a point. They show what retailers, designers and magazines are paying attention to, but they can...

Gardening Trends and What British People Are Growing This Year
Home

British Gardens in 2026: Food, Flowers and More Resilient Planting

There is no single look defining British gardens in 2026. What is more visible is a practical mix of edible growing, wildlife-friendly planting...

Home Office Design and How British Workers Are Reclaiming Their Space
Home

Home Office Design in Britain: Making Work Fit the Home

For many people, working from home began with temporary arrangements: a laptop on the kitchen table, a chair borrowed from another room and...

Slow Travel in the UK and Why It Is Having a Moment
Travel

Slow Travel in Britain: Staying Longer and Seeing Less

Slow travel is easy to turn into another lifestyle slogan. At its simplest, it means resisting the pressure to fit too much into...

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Culture

The Light Opens in Durham With a Major Exhibition on Light

A new cultural venue opens in Durham on 22 August, bringing contemporary art, local history and a restored museum building back into public...

Culture

Terrane Turns Jewellery Into a Map of Place and Memory

Amid the noise of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a small jewellery exhibition in Stockbridge is asking visitors to look at landscape in a...

People

Small Talk in Britain and Why Brief Encounters Still Matter

Small talk is easy to underestimate because, by definition, very little appears to happen. A remark about the weather, a few words with...

Home

Community Gardens and the Shared Life Growing Between the Beds

Community gardens are easy to romanticise. A few raised beds, a shed and a line of beans can quickly become shorthand for neighbourliness,...

Style

Personal Style After 40: Dressing With More Freedom, Not More Rules

Style after 40 does not need a rescue plan. It also does not arrive with a universal set of rules about hemlines, colour,...

Food

Home Baking and the Everyday Pleasure of Making Something From Scratch

Home baking does not need to be described as a revival, a form of therapy or an antidote to modern life to be...