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Not that time keeping has ever been considered a particularly guilty business, but these beautiful watches from Wewood ensure a clean consumer conscience. Not only are they lovingly crafted in Italy from leftover flooring, but each one bought results in a newly planted tree. Materials include Maple, Guaiaco (an indigenous South American tree) and Red [...]

We were talking about the The Scoop outdoor screening of The Bourne films a little while ago; we think its such a good free event, and even though its getting a little chillier in this part of the world, we’re plannning a second trip to the final film this Friday. We’ve got cosy blankets in [...]

We found out today that we’ve won the Sheer Luxe Shopping Award for Best Online Gift Store. We’re so thankful to everyone who voted, it really does mean a great deal to us, so we’ve decided to offer everyone 15% off until midnight on Sunday. The offer applies to very nearly everything across the site. [...]

A new collaboration between supermodel-turned-actress Rosie Huntingdon Whiteley, esteemed photographer Rankin and head designer of Thomas Wylde, Paula Thomas sees them brought together in the new book Ten Times Rosie.
Shot on location in and around LA, the photographs are about Rosie adopting very different personas in each setting.
There is also an exhibition of the photographs [...]

If you’re at a loss for what to do with yourself this Sunday, we’d recommend heading to Regent Street for the Fashion themed festival. There’s a whole spree of good clean fun to be had – live bands, makeovers in the stores, fashion shows in the temporarily pedestrianised ‘Mile of Style’. We’re excited about the [...]

It was sad to hear last month that the huge Oxford English Dictionary will not be reprinted. The tome, which researchers have been working on for the past 21 years, has been put out of action due to its internet competition. And, with the sales of Kindles, iPads and fake books soaring, its no surprise [...]

Frieze Art Fair takes place in Regent’s Park every year. This year it will take place from the 14th until the 17th of October 2010. Its one of Handpicked’s favourite days out and it’s a lovely thing to do after we’ve finished Handpicking, to head over in the evening after leaving our office. Its open [...]

Stuck for something to do tonight? Bring a blanket, brave the outdoors and head over to The Scoop, the little amphitheatre on the south bank just near Tower Bridge where you’ll find Matt Damon on a big outdoor cinema screen. The London Free Film Festival is showing films here until October and tonight is The [...]

Tonight sees the start of the Imperial Wharf Jazz Festival in SW6. It’s a free event, I’ve been each year since it started and hasn’t got too big yet. I don’t really know anything about jazz but it is a lovely atmosphere in which to spend some time with friends, even if I don’t know [...]

We had a lovely London day out yesterday. The Mayor’s Thames Festival stretched from Boris’s office on the south of the Thames next to Tower Bridge for ages down the river, until past Waterloo I think. When we got in we were faced with clay making where, mainly people a lot smaller than us, were [...]