Catherine W

June is upon us but it’s hardly flaming!   It’s Bank Holiday week – and half term.  So of course it’s raining!   We keep being promised a heatwave and the weather forecast does in fact look a bit more promising for next week.   So who knows?!   But assuming we do get some warm weather at […]

Britain loves the underdog!   At 5:30pm today millions of us will be glued to our televisions willing Crystal Palace to beat Manchester United and win the FA Cup.  Which is no detriment at all to Manchester United, a wonderful and successful team that consistently brightens up the football landscape.  But there’s just something magical about

  It’s a rainy Bank Holiday Monday and many of us will decide to stay indoors and “sort the house out”.  Decluttering can be a cathartic process and lead to a sense of achievement when it’s finished.  Not only that, but it’s become rather trendy.   A recent best-selling book by Marie Kondo –  The

We are fast approaching a summer of sport! It can’t have escaped your notice that we have the Rio Olympics in August,  but we also have Wimbledon Tennis in June, Euro 16 Football in June/July, Tour de France Cycling in July, British and US Open Golf in June/July, US Open Tennis in August/September and of

April Fool’s Day is upon us and once again we need to be on our guard against being fooled.  Even some of the more respected national newspapers will take the opportunity to publish spoof stories and – even more worryingly – many readers will believe them simply because they’re in print!     Whilst we

Spring has sprung!  Today is the Spring Equinox and next weekend is Easter, which many people see as the official start of spring.  This year Easter Sunday is also the day when the clocks spring forward.     Spring is a time when many of us begin to feel restless and start wanting to make

So here we are again!  It’s February 29th – Leap Day!   This special day only happens once every four years so it feels only right and proper to commemorate it in some small way.   Leap Day was introduced by Julius Caesar to realign the Julian calendar, because the Earth does not orbit around the sun

Once again it’s Valentine’s Day and, despite a token nod towards cynicism, many of us are in fact celebrating in some way with loved ones, family and friends.  Shops are full of colourful cards, hearts and flowers and it does rather feel as if love is in the air.   So in honour of the occasion

At Stone and Chrome we keep coming across a previously unfamiliar Danish word hygge (pronounced like cougar).  There is no direct English translation of this word, but if you try and encapsulate the feelings of being cosy or snug or comfortable, or enjoying those special moments with loved ones, or simply soaking up a beautiful

The creative world is reeling from the unexpected death this week of the legendary David Bowie.  We therefore thought it would be fitting to revisit a previous blog that was inspired by Bowie: Sound and Vision. Don’t You Wonder Sometimes…