News from L&F

I feel we have arrived.  We are Lincolnshire’s answer to the Beckhams, without doubt ...

It’s SO nearly Easter now, that we thought the time was right to introduce those of you unfortunate enough never to have met one of these before, to the uber traditional Simnel Cake.  The 11 balls of marzipan on the...

It has been an epically wet, working week in Argyll.  The burst pipes of winter 2023 (not a typo sadly) ruined a bathroom and a bedroom and it has taken this long to get it all fixed, largely because the...

So March is half done and we've had a flurry of new products and plans here at L&F.  We’ve shown you Napkins, Tablecloths, Tea Light Holders, Candles and delicious new scents and we have more to come – if you...

Bye Bye Pancake Day – Hello Mothering Sunday!  These celebrations seem to come thicker and faster than ever and we’re up to our ears in gift ideas for this one, which is only a couple of weeks away.  But if...

Don’t you just love it when people with far less to do than you keep telling you how busy they are?  As though you aren’t, and are therefore a lesser being? For a long time when we first made the...

With an eye to the future, and in the name of ‘getting ahead’, we are delighted this week to have our new range of gorgeous hand block printed napkins ready.  As a child, my family had wonderful bright red ones...

It feels entirely wrong to be writing about our new Spring designs and products, as yet another icy blast descends on L&F HQ here on the edge of the steppes. There’s nothing much between us and Kiev, and February and...

‘June just rains and never stops’ – so sang the wonderful Flanders & Swann a million years ago before we knew anything about climate change.  Well, they may have had a point, and I’ve long thought that the wonderful Wimbledon...

Ian the Excellent Painter has been again.  L&F HQ is a bit like the Forth Road Bridge before they invented a self-restoring paint, or whatever they did.  No sooner has he finished than he has to start again – and...

Right.  That’s it.  It’s properly May now, and as believers in the power of positive thought, we are determined that the rain has finished: enough.  And to celebrate?  Well CAKE, obviously.  Or in this instance, cakey muffins – we find...

May in the L&F HQ garden is just about the most beautiful month.  It’s not yet the fully greened-up, thick and heavy garden of June and July ...

We’re nothing if not consistent here at L&F.  I’m writing this from the wilds of Argyll, looking out at wind and waves and SUN – yes, real actual sun in a blowy sky that’s blue and white and really exactly...

Second only to Christmas, Easter causes the most excitement here at L&F HQ.  It isn’t just the chocolate, the hot cross buns and the simnel cake.  I wouldn’t want you to think we’re ONLY motivated by food.  It’s the daffodils,...

Oh my life … is anyone else out there as excited about tomorrow as I am?  I’m a daughter AND a mother, and so I’m both giving and receiving tomorrow.  If I know my daughter – and I think I...

Tomorrow is Granny’s 93rd birthday.  93!  A matriarch to her core, the rest of the numbers are impressive too: 5 children (I’m number 3); 14 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren so far.  So I hope you will indulge me if I...

Well I don’t know about anyone else, but I need a burst of colour and light and all things pretty and twinkly at the moment. February was the longest month in the whole year EVER and I for one am glad...

This year we’re a bit behind ourselves.  We normally spend January restocking, and deciding which fairs to go to in the year ahead.  This year we’ve done our big stock-take, reordered, designed and launched a new product, and started on...

It’s cold, wet and grey outside and the ONLY answer on a day like this, is pancakes.  Not your thin little whispy crepe thingies: thick, delicious, warm and fluffy American-style pancakes.  They may not be exactly what the doctor ordered...

Not just for each other and for mankind in general, but for our gorgeous new Peony Hearts!  These beautiful mugs and jugs are available now to pre-order, and we’re confident that you’ll fall for their loveliness.  Say goodbye to the...

Here we go again: we’re planning our next outing, this time to the Rutland County Fair.  In eight days we’ll be set up and selling in the gorgeous market town of Oakham: come and see us, one and all.   Our...