We started Handpicked to give people a trusted source of unusual and inspiring gift ideas. There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing a present well received and it’s our mission to make that simple. Our Expert Panel make sure we stay on track but we hope, with our blog, we’ll hear more from you too. Comment away!

Our buying team have trying to track down all the loveliest souvenirs with which to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee. Our favourite so far is this gorgeous jug by Jan Constantine. See all our ideas here.

Sally Phillips – The Decoy Bride

Popcorn at the ready because we’re off to the movies. The funniest member of The Handpicked Collection’s expert panel, comedian Sally Phillips, has co-written and features in screwball comedy The Decoy Bride. It’s the comedy genius’s first feature film, set on a remote Scottish island which a celebrity couple choose as a wedding venue in order to evade the paparazzi. Much mayhem ensues when a terminal singleton played by Kelly Macdonald is drawn into the mix and ends up marrying David Tennant by mistake. Which is the kind of error we like. Check The Decoy Bride’sFacebook page for the cinema nearest you, and apologies in advance for the hoots of laughter coming from the Apollo Cinema in Piccadilly this weekend.