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Our favourite band of the moment is Everything Everything; with their three part harmonies all over the place like a cow in an ice cream shop, the accompanying strings show their musical talent and add a touch of jingly jangly class. Their album, Man Alive, was released yesterday.
Luckily enough, they’ve got a gig tomorrow at [...]

Have you ever seen A Starter for Ten with James MacAvoy? Or read it for that matter? It started off as a brilliantly funny novel from David Nicholls, the film is very nearly as good.
A few weeks ago, all the girls in our office passed around a couple of borrowed copies of One Day which [...]

Handpicked girls came across the website for the Pin Up body workout yesterday. We’ve all vowed to sign up next month when it comes around again. The idea behind this is not to get super skinny but to get fitter, eat healthier and meet some people who are bit obsessed with 40’s pin ups.
For £99 [...]

From the 8th until to 19th September Prince Charles will host his Garden Parties at Clarence House, Lancaster House and Marlborough House Gardens to promote eco-awareness. The operation of Start which runs the event was set up with Charles to help people around the UK adopt a more sustainable way of living with a view [...]

Victoria, Handpicked’s Customer Services Manager (and resident Aussie), talks about our British Summer and tells us about one of her favourite products…
I think I speak for a lot of people when I say – where has summer gone! One minute we are sitting in the park enjoying a refreshing spritzer – the next we are [...]

Our favourite band at the moment is I Am Arrows; started by Andy Burrows who used to be the drummer of Razorlight, the full album Sun Comes Up Again, was released last week and we haven’t stopped listening to it. We love the very British video for the song below, Green Grass. What do you [...]

Maybe it’s because I had a week off last week or maybe it’s just that everyone feels the August weather is betraying us, but it has been a long week. This morning I got into the office at 8:50 and no one was in. After a thoughts of apocalypse and ‘the end is nigh’ [...]

We’re cooking on gas. Or should that be ‘en gaz’. We’re certainly au courant, if last night’s Celebrity Masterchef is anything to go by.
The finalists, Lisa Faulkner, Christine Hamilton and Dick Strawbridge, had to undergo a, frankly, terrifying challenge. Can you imagine cooking for a two Michelin-starred chef, a champagne ambassador (not certain what that [...]

Running from 2 September to 2 October with previews from 28 August, the exhibition will chronicle the history of perfume starting with its early origins continuing right through to the modern day. Visitors will be able to discover ingredients and methods used in perfumeries since the 1800’s with help of world renowned perfumer and curator [...]

Aren’t these Camper Van/bunkbeds wonderful? We’re a bit jealous of any kids who’ve got their hands on them already.

They are available for £499 from Homebase.