Welcome to a new week ❤️💭💙 When I was eight, Britain was in a state of feverish euphoria for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. In Fulham where I grew up, there was one street, Kingwood Road, where they were so excited that as well as organising a street party to end all street parties, they painted […]
Monthly Archives: September 2017
Happy Sunday, Colour Filers ❤️🍊🌼🍀🦋👾 😈 Yesterday I read that marking has been cited by nearly 80 per cent of teachers as the main cause of excessive workload. Apparently it’s ‘rainbow marking’ that’s tipping them over the edge – having to use different coloured pens to convey different messages (including purple for kids to critique […]
Hello from the weekend 🍾🍾🍾 When I was 11, I seriously contemplated choosing a particular school simply on the grounds that it had a gorgeous purple uniform. Instead I ended up in navy with garish yellow and red trim (a 1980s red polyester gym skirt and a custard yellow top was the ultimate crime against […]
Hello from Colour File HQ. I remember as a kid hearing that Sir Bruce Forsyth (RIP) had a foot phobia (podophobia) and couldn’t stand seeing people’s feet. That’s all I could ever think of when I saw him on TV. The Instagram #footsie phenomenon definitely wouldn’t have been for him. Now it seems we’re all shooting pics […]
Designer Niki Jones is known for her eponymous geometric interiors collection. Here, she tells Martha Roberts how important colour is to her… My first colour memory A lot of my childhood memories come from textiles. The teal boucle sofa in my parents’ lounge, the purple and lavender in my candlewick blanket, the green hessian wallpaper […]
Hello my colourful chums. When my second-in-command was three-and-a-half, we moved to a new place. As we shut the door for the last time I said: “Are you going to say goodbye to your house?” His answer? “I can’t: it doesn’t have a face.” Fair point. Now he’s older, we can happily play ‘Which cloud […]
Hello Colour Filers. Do you have a favourite nook or cranny in your home? Mine is our upcycled corner cabinet with a vase of twisted willow on top. The branches stay decorated all year round; generally pastels for spring and richer colours in the winter. Although I’m not conventionally superstitious, a little voice nags me […]
Welcome to a new week. I’m off to ogle at all things interior at @decorex_international today so ‘form’ is very much on my mind. Although I told you on 7th May that my second-in-command isn’t keen on circles or curves (these bath bombs wouldn’t make it past the Colour File HQ threshold), most people people […]
Happy Sunday, lovely people. I’ve always been fascinated by collectors: without enthusiasts, the world would be a less colourful and quirky place. One-third of UK adults engage in some form of collecting and, it transpires, we are often inspired by the random or the unexpected. Auctioneers Mallams say that 1960s-themed programmes such as Mad Men […]
Welcome to the weekend, folks 🖤☁️🖤 When I was about 10, I was mad about ska music. My older brother listened to it all the time and his love of it rubbed off on me. Wearing Two Tone badges and listening to The Specials’ ‘Too Much Too Young’ was like a silent rebellion within a […]
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