Lifestyle Archive
(March 2018)

1 March 2018

Discovering Repton

Steffie Shields discusses the Bicentenary of Humphry Repton, the eighteenth-century landscape gardener who continues to enrich the lives of every gardener inspired by the gardens of the past. “A picture is worth a thousand words”, so goes the early twentieth century saying. Humphry Repton (1752-1818) must have had a similar thought in mind when he Read more…

A generous and private family home

Rochford House is an individual detached house set in two acres which boasts generous space and high specification facilities – ideal for a growing family, explains Caroline Bingham. The current owners (the house’s third occupiers) have lived in the property for more than seventeen years and were drawn by the private, peaceful setting while still Read more…

The January Lincoln Art Sale

William Gregory MRICS of Golding Young & Mawer brings you news from the sales room. The Lincoln Art Sale concluded a record breaking January, with buyers spending over £875,000 at the Lincolnshire salerooms. Amongst the 5,000 lots offered Lincolnshire artists still shone through. A classical themed oil painting by William Edward Millner (1849-1895) titled Naked Read more…

Dress with confidence and flair

Orchid Boutique in Louth offers lifestyle collections for the modern woman. Orchid understand their customers who no longer wish to be slaves to the latest fashion trends, yet still desire to dress with confidence and flair. Their carefully selected styles and colours give the simplicity of cherry-picking the latest looks to mix and match, even Read more…

Flower power

With the spring/summer season approaching, the catwalks have been giving us ideas for what to look out for over the coming months. A popular statement design is a flower pattern, whether subtle or bold. Pinks, greens, blacks and whites are all featured with the addition of stripes, giving a more unique, eye-catching design.

LaDiDa Dinner

More than 350 guests gathered for one of the highlights of the farming calendar, the LaDiDa Dinner at the Epic Centre, Lincolnshire Showground. The dinner is traditionally started by ringing the original market bell from Lincoln Cattle Market which closed in 1968. LaDiDa is an abbreviation of Lincoln and District Dinner to Agriculture, founded to Read more…