The Hambledon Journal

Please meet the delightful Charlotte Bland, long time friend of the shop and super talented photographer to boot. We invited her to go virtual Hambledon shopping and share her favourite things.

Or what we like to call Pre Fall. We can tolerate this Americanism as it sounds a mite less chilly and dark than the full English Autumn word. And Homeware at The Hambledon for this season is anything but chilly and dark. Step this way for colour and flowers and cheer and new. Just all the good things.

We're nothing if not persistent. Lixir is a beautifully simple, yet scientific, approach to skincare and we have been waging a two year charm offensive to get it in the building. We are now absolutely delighted to welcome it to the Beauty and Grooming department. And we were very pleased to chat with Lixir's founder, Colette Haydon, about life, work and all things skincare.

Save for Lucy, who is a strange and special creature, Team Hambledon all love, love, love chocolate. Enter stage right Meurisse, fresh from Belgium and featuring the most delicious flavours and packaging.

Get a slice of our latest piece of Americana (Slice? Piece? Could we be talking about cakestands?). Or why The Hambledon is channelling Martha Stewart’s milk glass obsession.

Part of the Dutch skate mafia (best mates and neighbours of fellow Hambledon Basement residents by Parra), Pop Trading was founded in Amsterdam in 2013 with the self proclaimed mission of : “shaping today’s field of skateboarding on our own terms, supporting emerging talent in Benelux and aiming to push the culture forward.”

Another instalment in our occasional series inviting some of our favourite people to chat about themselves and take a virtual shopping trip round The Hambledon. Meet Ali Heath: interior writer, stylist, content creator, long time friend of the shop and author of beautiful, brand new book 'Curate'.

Bish. Bash. Crash. Pfft. Pop. Twang. Tinkle. Clack. Click. Woof. Bosh. Slam. We’re not venturing into the world of ASMR, these are the happy sounds of the Kids’ Department in full swing.

How very lucky we are to deal with some of the very best brands around. And by best, we don’t just mean most beautifully designed or most aspirational or most covetable or even most practical, sometimes we mean most fun and most generous. Of course it really, really helps if a brand ticks absolutely all of the above boxes. Step forward Snow Peak.