The Hits

Summer Edition

Hello my Darlings,

I’m putting my paid subscriptions on pause for a moment due to work ramping up, and my soggy soggy sleepless brain from having a one year old.

I’ll pop it back on when I’m fully formed again (never?) but in the meantime, here are a few hits from the week.

1. Ghost Frame

I spoke with the wonderful Sarah Beth Morgan on her Motion Graphics podcast about being an artist and a mum.

2. Alexa Chung

I’m finding raw nostalgia is my main balm at the moment and this Alexa Chung Burberry campaign and subsequent article really soothed my soul.

It sent me down a rabbit hole of Alexa Chung summer looks and can we please go everywhere with ballet slippers slung over our shoulders? They’d be very good for holding grapes.

3. Summer Reading

I’ve been enjoying:

Terrace Story by Hilary Leichter

On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle

The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading by Sam Leith

4. Witch

A BBC podcast on the history of Witches in the UK. In one episode they talk to a doctor who has a cat called Placebo. Delightful!

4. Dusky Elves and Snorri Sturluson

I’m not sure how I ended up on this wikipedia page yesterday - I imagine because of the above witch podcast - but it led to the discovery of the phrase ‘Dusky Elves’ and a person called Snorri Sturluson, a poet from Iceland, born in 1179. I subsequently spent a large majority of yesterday repeating the name to myself as I roamed around the house. It’s a very good name.

6. William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement

A delightful episode of Your Dead to Me on on the man who designed every wash bag in Selfridges. Apparently Williams Morris loved living with big piles of friends and when he asked one couple if they would move into his stately home, they turned him down and he wrote in his diary:

“I cried. I’ve gotten over it now.”

7. The Tiny Chef Show

   Congratulations on an blabbsolutely magnificent run, and a huge shout out for going out with a devastating bang with this video. If you like the show, you can learn more about supporting them here.

8. Le Jardin Robo

My favourite instagram account at the moment which shares paintings of landscapes and gardens by various artists. Drooling over this piece by Magali Cazo.

Lovely to catch up with all of you. In some personal news, we have ants.

See you soon!*

*(not you ants).