Utterly good taste, astoundingly lovely flowers cluster round Liberty’s front entrance.

I don’t remember them selling flowers when I worked there in the early 70’s. I just remember learning that you can clean book covers with Windex and lusting after Tuffin and Foale Liberty print dresses.

Such an enchanting meadow

with lupins and peonies and foxgloves...

all in terribly chic shabby chic containers.

There are even late hyacinths

and all these can be made into bouquets by skilled hands.

Claudia and I had a cream tea instead

and bought swanky jasmine soap.