Tat London Journal

Christmas is a source of great joy in my life, but it does come with some tricky moments. One of them is stretching your normal monthly income to cover gifts for friends and family. And therein lies the reason for this list. I believe each of these items would happily stand alone as a gift. They’re beautiful and useful, and for the most part they come from independent brands (yes, there’s the occasional multinational). I stand by my rallying cry: a piece of soap, some nice ri

I must come clean about this list, as I know it can draw a certain amount of ire. My confession is that I have gone over the £500k mark. I know it’s a dastardly deed, but hear me out. ‘Dream Houses’ is a great list, but it is sometimes so crowded that it can’t fit the finer properties that sit closer to the mark. So I thought we might allow 10% of wiggle room, and who knows, with the market the way it is, perhaps they will end up at £500k anyway. I stand by this editorial dec

I know, I know – many of these should really go in the ‘Potential’ category, but I shan’t put them there. For me they sit firmly in the ‘Dreamy’ category, and no one can convince me otherwise. Well, perhaps a surveyor.