How to make a lavender garland in 4 easy steps
What you’ll need. approximately 30 picked lavender stems cut to 20cm. 10 smaller, thinner lavender stems cut to 15cm. a pair of scissors. a ball of string. Approximate time to make, […]
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Lily Cole, the gift economy & fashion for good
A model and actress with the right attitude. There’s no doubt that Lily Cole is an iconic beauty, a red-headed tribute to the Pre-Raphaelite era. I could write an article […]
Is your experience of colour different to your colour vision?
Take #thatdress… If one person sees blue and black in the photograph and another sees white and gold, can they both be right with their colour experience? I’m sitting here […]
Plato and philosophical progress
…Is ancient philosophy still relevant in 21st-century life? Why didn’t Plato know that slavery was wrong…? As part of Bristol’s Festival of ideas, Rebecca was invited to the Watershed to […]
The Hybrid Flower-Girls
Christian Dior Haute Couture, fall 2010 collection. John Galliano studied a parrot tulip flower for hours on end to examine how the light moved across the petals. This transpires to […]
Thinking Hat 