Lifestyle Archive
(June 2016)

1 June 2016

Fashion fabulous mother and daughter

Mother and daughter retailers Tanya and Danielle Hardy are making a big impression on the fashion scene in Louth this season. Tanya relocated Orchid Boutique to 22 Eastgate from Skegness last year and in February Danielle launched Daniella’s, a ladies designer footwear store in the premises next door. The handsome frontages of the two shops Read more…

Hockney inspired quilts on exhibition

Members of LINQS (Lincolnshire Quilters) met in Horncastle last month to submit quilted textiles inspired by the art of David Hockney. At the final count 48 hand and/or machine stitched quilts were brought along to form an exhibition this month at Springfields Event Centre, Spalding. The David Hockney Challenge was the idea of Sheila Evans Read more…

St Barnabas Ladies Lunch

The annual fundraising lunch was held at the Bentley Hotel. The event was attended by over 170 ladies who enjoyed a three course lunch and two inspirational guest speakers. Chrissie Chapman’s talk was entitled, ‘You’ll Be The Judge: To Imprison or Not Imprison? That is the Question.’ Jo Hampson’s motivational speech was called ‘I Have Read more…

Sweet smell of success

Rob Chapman’s love of perennial violas began when he was a young boy with the gift of a packet of seeds from his uncle. Fifty years later he is bidding to complete a hat trick of Gold Medals this year at RHS Chelsea Flower Show. I went to meet Rob and his wife, Sue at Read more…

Lincoln fine art auction

Golding Young & Mawer held an evening auction of fine art on 27th April. The 245 lot auction included a selection of nineteenth and twentieth-century watercolour and oil paintings, as well as other works of art. Local Lincolnshire artists were well represented and attracted good interest from collectors. The auction started with an oil painting Read more…

Smart, sassy and stylish for the social season

Be wardrobe ready for those highlight events of the summer season. Whether you are planning a day at the races, a summer wedding or garden party, the fashion departments of Oldrids, Boston and Downtown, Grantham can help you find the perfect outfit and accessories to suit the occasion.