insideKENT Magazine Issue 75 - June 2018 | Page 17

THISMONTH
THISMONTH…
We’re reading…
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IS BEAUTIFUL BY MIRA T LEE
Two Chinese-American sisters,
Miranda, the older, responsible
one – always her younger sister's
protector, and Lucia, the
headstrong, unpredictable one,
whose impulses are huge and
often life changing. When Lucia
starts hearing voices, it is Miranda
who must find a way to reach her
sister. Lucia impetuously ploughs
ahead, but the bitter constant is
that she is in fact mentally ill.
Lucia lives life on a grand scale,
until inevitably she crashes to
earth. Miranda leaves her own
self-contained life in Switzerland
to rescue her sister again, but only
Lucia can decide whether she
wants to be saved. The bonds of
sisterly devotion stretch across
oceans, but what does it take to
break them?
From £9.99, www.amazon.co.uk
We’re sipping… We’re coveting…
CHAPEL DOWN’S
KIT’S COTY 2016 BACCHUS ST LEONARDS #54 METALLICS SLOUCHY TOTE
England’s leading wine producer,
Chapel Down, has released a 2016
Bacchus from its Kit’s Coty Estate
– a premium single-vineyard,
single-varietal wine, it’s the latest
release under the award-winning
Kit’s Coty collection of wines,
which has a mission to produce
England’s finest varietals to rival
the world’s top wines. This
premium Bacchus offering is the
sister to the renowned Kit’s Coty
Coeur de Cuvee 2013, which
received critical acclaim from the
international wine trade. A rich,
complex and absolutely delicious
wine, this very ripe style of
Bacchus has guava, melon and
peach aromas with background
oak influence, while the palate is
pure and focused with tropical
flavours and an exceptional length
– the taste of summer 2018. Inspired by the
carefree hedonism
of the legendary
Studio 54 disco era,
the St Leonards’
#54 metallic
slouchy tote bag is
perfect for adding
some summer
shimmer to your
existing wardrobe.
Based on the same
design ethos as St
Leonards’ Totely
collection: pared
down, utilitarian
and unlined, the
#54 range is about
comfortable,
relaxed style and
the signature
centre darts. There are three designs to take you from day to
night, a mini bag, a slouchy satchel and our favourite, this
slouchy tote, which is wonderfully unstructured and floppy.
£25, www.chapeldown.com £155, www.stleonardsonline.com
We’re eating…
TROO GRANOLA
Hot on the heels of big-name
retailers such as Selfridges
and Waitrose finally starting
to make headway with
regards to going plastic free,
Troo Granola – very recently
launched by foodie start up
TrooFoods Ltd – is the first
breakfast cereal available in
plastic-free pouches. Sustainable, tasty and less than three
per cent sugar, Troo Granola also ticks all of the boxes in
terms of current food trends, in particular gut health. Designed
specifically to be gut healthy, it contains only natural
ingredients, is free from nasties and is packed with prebiotic
fibre, providing essential nourishment for good gut bacteria.
From £4.99, www.eattroo.com
We’re going camping with…
THE FINE BEDDING COMPANY’S NIGHT OWL PRINTED DUVET
A fully washable luxury duvet that combines both quilt and cover, the new Night
Owl printed duvet by The Fine Bedding Company is the first of its kind to go on sale
in the UK. It comes ‘ready for bed’ in two designs and when it needs washing it can
be bundled into a standard domestic washing machine, tumble dried and put back
on the bed in the same day, which means no wrangling with the duvet and duvet
cover, and even better – no more ironing duvets covers. Perfect for the great outdoors,
who wouldn’t want to snuggle under a duvet as the sun goes down?
Single £45; double £50, www.finebedding.co.uk
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