Tag Archives: London

Landlords, tenants and an uneven playing field.

Posted on March 29, 2023 by fortewinks

“Remember, tenants should be aware that at any time, in the periodical phase of their tenancy, they can be evicted by landlords – tenants should bear this in mind when standing up for their rights.” This telling phrase appears in … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Consumer rights, Design and architecture, Family, Home, Landlords, Life and romance, London, property, Property agents, Property rental, Tenant rights, Uncategorized | Tagged banks, building society, business, councils, Family, Home, housing, Innovation, Landlords, legal, life, Local Authority, London, maintenance, mortgage, private tenancy, property, property law, Property rental, rent, repairs, rights, tenants | 3 Comments

Soho: an Ab Fab Memoire

Posted on July 4, 2021 by fortewinks

We’ll be near Soho said a business colleague. Where can we meet for coffee? Reader, there is only one place for coffee in the streets of Soho: Bar Bruno. Meeting over, I wandered my former stamping ground and behind the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged business, friends, life, London, PR, Soho | Leave a comment

Eyre today, gone tomorrow.

Posted on October 29, 2017 by fortewinks

Bars: I’ve known many, too many to mention. But none quite like the one that for over fifteen years lived at 70 Leonard Street, London EC2. The Eyre Brothers was launched by David and Robert Eyre in 2001, a luxe … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Business, Entertaining, Eyre Brothers, Family, Food and wine, Friends, Home, Life and romance, London, Uncategorized | Tagged business, David Eyre, Eyre Brothers, food and wine, forte, friends, Hospitality, London, Shoreditch | 8 Comments

High five to fingers and thumbs (and a wink to the limbs as well)

Posted on January 28, 2014 by fortewinks

The ceramics came first. Last summer I happened upon a friendly neighbour who mentioned that her former-almost-daughter-in-law was involved in setting up an earthy new local venture. Former-Almost had apparently joined forces with like-minded artists to create a ceramics studio … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Family, Feminism, Friends, Health, Life and romance, London, Uncategorized | Tagged Barnaby Green, Ceramics, classes, Crowdfunding, London, Moss Pilates, piano, Pilates, Turning Earth | 5 Comments

Rumpelstiltskin, Fatsia and Flourishing Fuchsias

Posted on June 18, 2012 by fortewinks

Writing a story about a yard seems unprepossessing by any stretch of the imagination, but bear with me if you would. Because this is in fact a rather touching tale of how an Ugly Duckling Yard grew up to become … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Friends, Life and romance | Tagged Bergenia, Fatsia, garden, garden furniture, Gardens, hammock, London, London Brick, paving, planting, plants, Rumpelstiltskin, soil | 1 Comment

East London: a culinary playground

Posted on November 20, 2011 by fortewinks

East London: a place of many textures and many tastes is now inextricably linked – for me – to the sating of a raging appetite for good food and great wine, at friendly places. But how times have changed. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and wine, London | Tagged East London, Farringdon Road, Hoxton Square, Italian cuisine, Leonard Street, London, Rivington Street, Shoreditch, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Been spoken for: the wedding suit

Posted on May 16, 2011 by fortewinks

Tim has lassoed Sassy Amanda, my soon to be married Best Friend. He’s the bow to her arrow – or perhaps with less poetry and more realism, the brake to her accelerator. Tim is a fine man. Following the success … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, London, Shopping, Uncategorized | Tagged bespoke, claridges, hix, john Pearse, London, made to measure, Meard Street, men's fashion, Mr Start, Rivington Street, Start, Suit (clothing), suits, tailor, tailoring, Timothy Everest, Uncategorized, wedding, Wedding shopping, wedding suit | Leave a comment