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Book club: Arabella Boxer’s Book of English Food
This week I received an unexpected treat in the post, in the form of a book from my dear friend Harriet. Love books, love cookery books and especially love cookery books that are related to the 1920s...
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Lucy Danziger-inspired lingerie from Fox & Rose
I started to watch 1920s epic Boardwalk Empire on a plane a couple of years ago – I watched three episodes and although it was obviously right up my street, the combination of a few gins and a holiday...
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Gatsby on Film: 1926 to now
Finishing off a Gatsby-packed birthday week, here’s the trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s Great Gatsby – which I’m sure you’ve all enjoyed already. I’m still not convinced that we need to see it in 3D – and...
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Paris, Je t’aime – Vogue US, September 2007
A timely revisit to one of my all-time favourite editorials. Can you guess why? lol As well as the flapper vibe, this editorial feels just as relevant to me today as in 2007 because of the Louis...
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Just another thought on trains
[Picture: Alexander Turnbull Library] Just came across this picture of a civilised-looking 1920s journey. One of those happy coincidences – that probably isn’t really a coincidence, but more the fact...
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Bryan Ferry’s Jazz Age
I love Bryan Ferry, I love the 1920s (no wait what really? etc) and I even love novelty albums to some extent. Pretty sure Bry wouldn’t describe his new album as a novelty record but, well, concept...
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Furcoat Christmas: 1920s bore
This year’s Christmas gift suggestions are based around the varying facets of my personality – because I’m sure that everyone can find a bit of @furcoat inside them if they look hard enough. Today’s...
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The Lady Vanishes: OMG clothes!
As a self-confessed film dimwit, I don’t feel capable of commenting too much on the BBC’s recent adaptation of The Lady Vanishes. I know a lot of people think remaking Hitchcock is a no-no and that...
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Lyons Corner Houses in Literature
I read so many books about the interwar period that Lyons Corner Houses have become part of my day to day life, despite the fact that they ceased to exist in the 1960s. For those that don’t lead such...
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Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky: OMG clothes
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky by Patrick Hamilton is hands down the best book I’ve read this year, and I’m really sad that it has taken me so long to read it. Wasted years. It’s actually a...
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