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...“The wave got very crook, very sick”, says Craig Sage, Australian owner of the Mundaka Surf Shop. Having first arrived to ride it back in 1980, Sage stayed to plant the flag for his sport....
...Or “go crazy” with the Black Truffle (from $16), Dill Pickle (from $12), Blue Cheese (from $14) and Salumami (from $8) varieties....
...Laura, who runs the nearby stationery shop, and was switching from blue to Green, said: “Covid killed the Conservatives....
...“Then for the party in the evening I wore a double-breasted midnight-blue raw silk jacket, off-white silk shirt and black wide-leg trousers.”...
...And there should always be a blue.” The blue laid out today is a Cropwell Bishop Stilton (£32 per kilo), buttery-soft and sweet with a herby, salty tang....
...“It’ll be crazy at the shop tomorrow. Everyone will be fighting over the fresh salad.”...
...I also liked the harmonious palette of tones used through these styles — toffee browns, sand tones, soft coral and washed blues.”...
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...Or I’ll pop into a great coffee shop in St Agnes called The Sorting Office. After an evening surf I might go to The Taphouse for a good beer, or the 17th-century Driftwood Spars down by the water....
...But where best to shop? I personally prefer Depop over Vinted as it feels more geared to fashion, and I struggle with IRL vintage shops because of the unavoidably musty smell. Also — moths....
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...The high-ceilinged room is decorated sparingly with 1970s artefacts, including a sideboard with blue-and-green panels and a family of Bjørn Wiinblad’s large round-faced ceramic figurines....
...If I have guests who like to shop, I take them to Cutter Brooks in Stow-on-the-Wold for china and clothes....
...It was one of the first places in the region to create luxe hospitality for the purpose of underwriting a charitable development foundation; one of the first haute surf lodges, where all-day-long access...
...Its iconic blue and white awning can be seen from either end of Fleet Street and, during its busiest hours, so can its queue....
...“Any time I was in Venice I’d stop by the shop to see Attilio,” adds Amfitheatrof....
...The collection, in antiqued pink, blue and yellow stripes with flowers, includes the cotton Sofa Stripe I (£198 a metre), the Spitalfields Stripe silk blend (£360 a metre) and the Brant’s Trellis (£255 a...
...It was the beach of your dreams, with powdered-sugar sand, an impossibly blue roof of a sky and thick, foamy waves that thudded with a percussive beat and fury....
...“No sooner had we put some amazing piece of clothing in the shop than it had to go on sale because that was what the online shops and big retailers were doing....
...Highlights over the years include debates with Royal Academician painter Bernard Dunstan over a shade of Cerulean blue, and an encounter with a spike-haired young punk who worked at the hair and colouring...
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