The Gift of Christmas
Inspirational ideas for seasonal presents from five of the best British
companies
Yardley London luxury, affordable gifts for everyone on your Christmas list
Celebrate the holiday season with Yardley London gifts, offering an assortment of luxurious and accessible treats featuring fine floral fragrances and bath and body products that will delight and excite everyone on your gift list. Each set contains pampering products that are vegan, cruelty and paraben-free, with up to 97% naturally derived ingredients.
With the environment in mind, product packaging is fully recyclable and the gift boxes are made from sustainably sourced cardboard, and come without plastic packaging.
Best of all, a portion of the sale price is donated to Look Good Feel Better (registered charity number 10317328), a national cancer support charity that ensures more people can face cancer with confidence.
- £6.50 to £18. Available at Boots, Amazon and yardleylondon.co.uk
Entertain with British serveware from Samuel Groves
Great entertaining occasions create the best memories. Using first-class serveware from British manufacturer Samuel Groves will guarantee every entertaining occasion is so special and will be talked about for years. Make countless entertaining memories with this serveware, it is not only stunning, but also designed to perform and look stunning throughout its lifetime. Each item is handcrafted, and hand finished in the heart of the Midlands. The serveware is manufactured with the very best materials. The thermally superior bodies perform brilliantly on hobs, and they are oven safe too. Moreover, the wine and champagne buckets will ensure your drinks are always served at the optimum temperature and in style.
This collection is not just for Christmas: they are likely to become heirlooms. They will make much appreciated gifts, and every entertaining occasion special.
Choose forever cookware from Samuel Groves. The perfect forever gift.
For The Lady readers there is a 10% discount on Samuel Groves Serveware collection.
- Visit samuelgroves.com, https://samuelgroves.com use the code SGSERVE10 at the checkout (offer expires 24 December).
Conway Stewart – the British pen
Using a fountain pen, or a luxury rollerball, to write your Christmas cards is one of the delights of the seasonal festivities. Keeping in touch with friends and family, handwriting those special notes, all seem to flow better when using a ‘real’ pen.
And after Christmas, again a pen to write those ‘thank-you’ notes is more meaningful, and more treasured than a text!
Conway Stewart has been making pens in Great Britain since 1905 – famously, Winston Churchill used them. With over 100 different pens on our website, there is something for everyone. See the Churchill Heritage range, the Seamus Heaney Pen, the Shakespeare, and then there is the Doctor’s Pen, the Accountant’s Pen and the Lawyer’s Pen.
- For more information about the whole range of British-made luxury pens go to conwaystewart.com or call 0333 006 4646 for a brochure
Better sleep with Devon Duvets
Devon Duvets is a family run business that specialises in British made, wool filled bedding products, specifically designed to help you sleep better and individually handcrafted by expert seamstresses in the Devon Duvets workshops on the edge of Dartmoor.
Each product is filled with traceable 100% British wool, encased in 100% cotton. Using British wool is an important part of the Devon Duvets commitment to supporting British farmers and the wool is gathered from across Devon and the Southwest, then cleaned at British mills, without using chemicals or bleach. The products are natural and sustainable, and therefore better for you and the environment.
Wool bedding has many benefits. It is breathable and temperature regulating, helping to ensure a more restful night’s sleep, and is naturally resistant to dust mites and the build-up of micro bacteria, so is hypoallergenic and hygienic.
- For more information visit devonduvets.com or call 01752 345399
A Life of Service
Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, will always be remembered for her devotion to duty and public service.
'I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service,' Princess Elizabeth said just a few years before she would take the throne, in a statement that would ring true throughout her life. Becoming Queen at the young age of 25 she would work to modernise yet safeguard the monarchy, making countless trips around the globe and remaining a much-loved figure.
A Life of Duty is a design celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s life for people to treasure and features a classic English rose in creamy shades of blush pink and sprigs of lily of the valley – a permanent feature of the floral displays at Buckingham Palace. The flowers were also included in the Queen’s coronation
- Was: RRP £745. THE LADY OFFER PRICE: £699. WEB ORDERS at moorcroft. com use coupon code LADY22 or telephone Moorcroft on 01782 820500 and quote LADY22. Offer expires 23 December 2022. No other vouchers, discounts or offers apply
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