a love letter

to my cashmere pyjamas (and other small pleasures)

I have decided that 2025 is going to be my Year of Feeling Better. And because I am a fan of pleasures large and small, I am determined to make you feel better too.

The world is confusing place at the moment. At times it’s quite terrifying, and I’ve been wondering what I could possibly offer anyone here that might be of actual use. Apart from demure silence or raffle prizes (neither of which I can manage) the best idea I came up with was sharing a collection of my small but cherished indulges — creature comforts I’ve discovered in an extended time of personal tumult which have brought me intense, surprising and — most crucially — lasting joy.

All of these comforts were acquired either for free or at a price point conducive to the cost-of-living-stagflation-trade-war-tarrif-crisis or whatever fresh hell of the day has inflicted on the global economy and, as a consequence, your bottom line.