We like the lovely Ollie and Alice and their independent menswear business The Laundry Room Particularly as they spend a lot of effort sourcing brands that fit their very considered styling and you are unlikely to find elsewhere in the high street and unlike larger outlets their stock changes consistently through the season.

Selvedge what more is there to say – yummy – this is a must have textile magazine with well written informative articles and fabulous images

St Judes great site, lovely people and wonderful fabrics and prints also very stylish gallery in Aylesham, North Norfolk with changing exhibitions

I never book a place to stay without checking with Alastair Sawday starting from places to stay in Britain his guides now cover a number of countries but in our experience he still seems to have maintained his original ideals and values.

Margo Selby has a great new shop near the British Museum in Bloomsbury that is well worth a visit.