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Yep. It’s getting to feel a lot like Christmas. And we’re not at all abashed about our early embracing of the festive season. We usually wait until the very end of October but this year we felt like we wanted to maximise the joy and ramp up the anticipation. Get your Christmas hat on right now.

It’s not often you get to live life vicariously but a few weeks ago we had the absolute pleasure of starring in our very own feature film. With Sonder Films looking after all things film, we just needed a fully functioning costume department to plan all the outfits.

We are delighted to launch our latest film, celebrating Autumn at The Hambledon and starring our very own Team Hambledon. This is another joyful collaboration with our friends at Sonder Films.

It might seem perverse but this Autumn seems a particularly good time to celebrate the joy that is shopkeeping. With the doors closed for a few months, we’ve had a bit of time to reflect on how much we love what we do. With the doors back open, we’re appreciating the things, the people and the place that make this such a lovely job.

As you should also know July 24th marks the start of mandatory mask wearing in shops in the UK. So we’ve paired up with long time friend of shop, designer, social entrepreneur and founder of Fieldplay, Linda Mackie, on a mask project.

This week we are absolutely delighted to welcome back some too long absent Hambledoners. And we asked them some questions about their return to work.

This is an up to date report on our current response to the Coronavirus outbreak and our trading status.

It has been a strange old time for the past couple of months and we thought it might be nice to let you know what’s been happening while you’ve been away and what’s happening now you’re back in the room.

It has been a whirlwind of pick, pack and dispatch these past few weeks. Sandy Suffield (yes, a relation) has designed a whole new suite of stationery and it is making our parcels very pretty indeed.

It’s brand new window time at The Hambledon. And having Sandy Suffield locked down in Hampshire has proved something of a win. Check out the making and the doing of our Rainbow in The Square extravaganza.

As you know the virtual shop is very much open. For those Winchester locals wandering past the shop on their daily constitutional we wanted to let them know about the website but in a way that was fun, arresting and interesting.

Spending a bit of time at home at the moment? We've chosen our very favourite skincare products from Beauty and Grooming in case you feel like a refresh of your daily bathroom regimen. And Lord knows, we all have very dry hands.