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.

We are absolutely thrilled to welcome to The Hambledon the interiors icon that is Hay. Read the what, the why and the how of the arrival of Denmark favourite design brand to Winchester.

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.

Meet Nora from Projektityyny, purveyor of the very finest and prettiest cotton cushions. We had a little chat about how a Finnish fashion girl comes to be living in deepest Dorset with a business making soft furnishings.

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

All the way from sunny San Francisco, Austin Press has winged its beautiful way to us. We meet Kim Austin, Austin Press's founder, and chat about life, work and get some top tips for your next holiday to California.

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.

Meet the inimitable Eva Gernandt Waldekranz, founder and designer of our much loved by Mutti ceramics. Here she talks china, tattoos and living by the water in Sweden.