Tat London Journal

A lot of people are rather dismissive of Etsy. Well, not I. Here in the Tat universe, we are fans of the cottage-industry marketplace. It can't be denied that it has had some rather odd interlopers of late: quite a lot of pieces now come from that great nation, China. That in itself is no bad thing, but it does make this once proudly handmade, independently owned corner of the internet something a little different from what it once promised to be. All that being said, I have

Open House always helps me discover a new corner of London. One year it was Howard Hodgkin's studio in central London, which was every bit as exciting as it sounds, and this year I thought it would be jolly to take my husband and son to see Dorich House, on the other side of Putney Bridge and then some.

Can you look at this again, perhaps a better last line - Frieze sets the city alight for a week. All the big players make their way to Regent's Park, and the art world watches to see the outcome. One can't help but be swept up in it. In the never-ending Frieze tent you'll be introduced to thousands of new names; some will leave you cold, and some will restore your faith in humanity. Then, of course, there's the Frieze Masters tent, where you'll most likely find me and a slew