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Designing a cosy autumn gathering with Pandora Maxton
Autumnal accents and home-cooked soup - read more about Pandora's Autumn gathering favourites.
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How to: Decorate Your Home With String Lights
Light up your home this autumn with our selection of string lights. Here are some unique and beautiful ways to make the most of our portable lights and create a cosy home this winter.
1. Around a ...
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Culture Club: Korean Cooking Class
Last Thursday we enjoyed a Korean cooking class in the office and made some Kimchi and Bibimbap (Korean cabbage pickle and Rice) that we then enjoyed as a meal!
A big thank you to Will & Clare ...
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Chelsea Flower Show 2021 - 5 trends I expect to filter through to tables and gatherings by Dan Cooper
The Chelsea Flower Show is where horticultural trends have been set since 1913. It’s the gardening equivalent of London Fashion Week and the most prestigious flower show in the world. Big-budget sh...
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Chelsea Flower Show - September 2021
Blessed with a sunny, warm, September day, my annual pilgrimage to Chelsea Flower Show was very enjoyable. I treated myself to a full day ticket (as opposed to my 15:30 run around) and with the ext...
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Go Go TT - Race for Life
Recently some of the Talking Tables team took part in Race For Life - raising awareness and donations for cancer charities. With some avid runners in the team, as well as some who just wanted to gi...
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Talking Culture - September
A trip to Wonderland
Most people may associate Lewis Carroll with the city of Oxford, where he studied and lived for many years. After all, it was there that he conceived and wrote his most famous ...
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A Trip To The Recycling Centre
Last week some of the Talking Tables team visited Western Riverside Waste Authority. Director Of Supply Chain Dan details the visit and what they learned:
'It was a very insightful visit and a star...
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Talking Topic: A Discussion With Our John Lewis Buyer
John Lewis has long been a customer to Talking Tables and was kind enough to support me in the early days. Sara Allbright has been particularly supportive in encouraging and guiding us within the g...
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Talking Culture - August
Edinburgh Festival
This week we travelled back up to Edinburgh, and went to see the famous festival. It was definitely less busy than normal – I did not see buskers or leaflet distributors, so it h...
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Talking Tables Talks Books #4
The book club at Talking Tables is a tradition that has been running for several years now and it’s always been a great opportunity for the booklovers among us to get together, get reading and ce...
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How To Lay a Cakestand
“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” - Henry James
Did you know that the concept of tea parties and afternoon tea only came ...
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Talking Tables' Summer Days Away
Talking Tables has teams across the world, with offices in London, Shanghai and New York. This summer each team enjoyed team days out as a celebration of summer and the successes of the year so far...
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How To Create Colourful Balloon Arch
It’s easy to make someone feel special on their birthday with one of our fantastic new balloon arches! Available in bright or pastel rainbow colours.
Where to get the balloon kit for m...
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Staying Sustainable With The TT Swap Shop
As I’m sure you’ve heard by now we are on our journey to becoming B-Corp certified, via a multitude of avenues, both within our product offering and also our internal processes as an office. This m...
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Talking Culture: Wilderness Festival!
After 18 months of no events, no crowds, no live music this summer life has felt like a burst of normality. As soon as we saw a glimmer of hope that large scale events could be back on my friends ...
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Talking Culture: The Art Of Banksy
On Friday Culture Club headed to London’s bustling Covent Garden, to see the Art Of Banksy exhibition. As a household name artist we were excited to get to see some original and iconic pieces. The ...
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Talking Culture: Alice In Wonderland at The V&A
As Truly Alice is an ongoing successful collection for us at Talking Tables, I was keen to visit this exhibition – delayed from 2020.
The exhibition exceeded my expectations in its breadth and rele...
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Where To Get Your Table Setting Inspiration
You can find a lot of the tablescapes we have created over on our Instagram, as well as our Inspiration page. Here the team details what theme was chosen and why, the products used, brand collabora...
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Talking Topic: Staying Successful As An Independent Retailer
Edinburgh is the city I went to school in so is close to my heart.
A favourite shopping area is Stafford Street, and a great store for cards and gifts is Paper Tiger managed by Michael Apter. Pap...
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Talking Tables Summer Festival: Music
It’s safe to say music is what makes festivals, and we knew we wanted to choose some brilliant musicians for our own summer festival in the Cotswolds. We also wanted to support local artists, so ou...
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Mentoring Matters: Meet Francesca
This summer Francesca joined us for a 3 week work experience placement. Having just finished her A-levels she wanted to get some experience of a workplace before heading to uni in September. We wer...
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