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Bad news, the weather isn’t set to hold for the Bank Holiday – according to the not so trusty BBC Weather website, rain’s a comin’. Fear not. Here at Handpicked we’ve tracked down lots of things you can do that involve less picnicking and more sightseeing. There are some cracking exhibitions on at the moment. [...]

I think the whole population of Britain is feeling that we are very overdue a good summer. The last two have been mediocre to poor. Mainly due to lack of funds but also to a new found patriotism and soaring hope of lovely weather in our beautiful isle, I have planned myself a truly travelled [...]

Vic ordered a lovely surprise of a Pot of Love and Kisses for us all in the office which we cracked into yesterday at teatime. We’d nearly finished the whole pot before it crossed my mind to take a photo for the blog. The sweeties are very fruity and diet-bustingly moreish – they were gone [...]

Yesterday evening, our lovely customer services manager Victoria and I went to the Apollo Victoria to see Wicked, the musical. It was made apparent to me that I have grossly underestimated the pulling power of musicals.
It was amazing! We’d bought some cheap tickets at the beginning of the month and by the time the reminder [...]

Our Creative Director Amanda asked co-founder of Handpicked’s favourite luxury lifestyle magazine, Hot Brands Cool Places’ Kaye Thorne some questions about her company and what trends she foresees in the future.
1.Do you have a tick list of must-haves for every brand you feature, or do you just instantly know if something is right?
We try [...]

Despite the Icelandic Volcanic Ash floating miles above our heads like a sci-fi Doctor Who episode, here in London we’ve been blessed with a beautiful weekend filled with rounders in the park, barbecues and a fair amount of Pimm’s. Everyone knows someone who is marooned somewhere (now aptly labelled VAV – Victim of Volcanic Ash). [...]

Cycling through Battersea Park this morning really made me appreciate the lovely weather we’ve had of late all volcanic ash aside. So much so that I had to stop and take a picture.

In the office, the excitement of the new catalogue is peaking, we’re nearly finished with our millionth edit/spellcheck/rejig and we’re due to send [...]

My bath pillow (or Gruffalo hand as our creative director, Amanda calls it) has become an essential bit of bathroom kit for me. Nothing beats a lovely hot bath – particularly containing something sumptuously scented such as our Abahna Bath Oil – but this clever inflatable pillow takes it to the next level of [...]

We’re so excited to see the new Gemma Arterton film The Disappearance of Alice Creed. Interestingly, there was a big Facebook campaign to choose which cinema would host the world premiere; in the end Southampton University Student Union was chosen as the venue and will screen next Tuesday (20th April). The film has not been [...]

It seems to be the season of sample sales at the moment. Everywhere we look there’s a designer flogging samples at discounted prices, it’s great! Here are some of our favourites that we’ll be checking out soon…
Ted Baker Sample Sale, The Camden Centre, Bidborough Street. From 14th April to 15th April 2010. Anyone can go [...]