French & Vintage

The night ferry trip back to England was several hours through heavy swell. And seeing how we had enjoyed an early dinner of Moules a la...

At last, after years of visiting Paris and observing an endless array of Glamazons in their natural habitat, I have unlocked The Three...

Here’s the down bit: my laptop went into melt-down on this trip, crashing at every opportunity. Some days I couldn’t log-on, and after...

Peterborough Antiques Fair is not one of the biggest Fairs, but it is one of our favourites. I do almost all my buying at the outdoor...

Here’s the Mission: Travel around England and France, buying 1000 nice antique and vintage things in 21 days. Find them first. Find them...

Guess where we are? Sawasdee kha! Greetings from Bangkok! Because, yes, we’re on a buying trip. An emergency buying trip. When I’ve told...

I know I said in my last Newsletter that I fancy living in France for a while. And, bien sur, I still fancy that. But today we basked in...

Do you know, apart from the fact that I don’t speak French (other than at pre-toddler level), apart from the fact I always put on a tonne...

We’re actually in France at the seaside at the moment, which is terrific. But in the tradition of reality overtaking my ability to write...

And why wouldn't I? Here we are in England, where the sun has been shining, the temperature balmy and the shopping pretty fabulous. I've...

A short sojourn in Bangkok was just the ticket for getting over Jetlag Stage 1. We made full use of the hotel upgrading us to a suite to...

Where does the time go? And don’t tell me that time flies when you’re getting old, because I’ll have you know I'm officially aging...

Waiting, waiting, waiting. Yes, disaster has occurred and the ship containing our new stock was delayed by a week. I know, it’s a very...

You know we're really back in Australia. You know we've opened a pop-up shop in Eumundi and now we're eagerly awaiting the delivery of...

You know for the purpose of these Newsletters we’re still in the Middle East. But in real life we’re back in Australia and we have news....

I’m back home in Australia now. Events during the last week of our trip well and truly overtook my ability to write about them, so I’m...

At this time of year, the hot, dry plains surrounding Tel Aviv are drab shades of brown, sand and white limestone, punctuated with dusty...

We approached the Newark International Antiques Fair with a relaxed attitude. Don’t worry, I said to Doug. I won’t be spending much here....

Doug told me I couldn’t buy tables in Paris. But he didn’t say anything about stools! And in my defence, they’re small, metal,...

Yay, here we are in Paris! But it’s been quite a trek to get here. After enjoying the brocantes and restaurants and charcuteries and...