Home

Home

Share this post

Home
Home
Good things

Good things

... mostly

India Knight
Jul 05, 2025
∙ Paid
445

Share this post

Home
Home
Good things
105
15
Share
Jakob Koganowski (1874-1926), Farmhouse in Summer Light. I’m going to restart my Sunday morning picture posts soon

Good morning! Before we start, here’s a useful Note.

And here are some things I liked this week. There’s a personal update at the bottom of this post.

My house

I loved talking to Kate Watson-Smyth about decorating country houses, as mine is for sale:

Mad About The House by Kate Watson-Smyth
A house tour with India Knight
Now while we’re only going on a virtual tour of India’s house, which is hidden deep in the Suffolk countryside, we did have lunch together last week and I was able to ask her about her decorating process, her interior style – and naturally, as she sat opposite me wearing a leopard-print dress with red trainers, if she dresses like she decorates…
Read more
8 days ago · 60 likes · 5 comments · Kate Watson-Smyth

And Helen C Stark saw the sales particulars and was inspired to sketch this! Coming across it on Notes made my day.

Photo: Helen C Stark

And then Rebecca Lowrey Boyd wrote a nice thing about it on Wee Birdy.

Wee Birdy
Friday Finds: Indie anthems, tabletop treasures, floral how-tos, Nigella's favourite Sydney dessert + India Knight's house
Books and flowers…
Read more
6 days ago · 15 likes · 4 comments · Rebecca Lowrey Boyd

Paper plants

Georgia Doherty of Plants for Shade is moving her studio and so having a sale of her beautiful potted paper geraniums this weekend. Sometimes she does nasturtiums too.

It’s online this Sunday 6 July at 12 noon UK time (be quick - they go really fast). You get an extra 10% off with the code ‘moving’.

Advice

I liked this from Philippa Perry (who is now on Substack rather than in The Observer) about the therapeutic usefulness of writing letters, whether you send them or not.

Philippa Perry
My Parents dump their misery onto me
Not everyone has found me yet since I stopped publishing on the Guardian website, so sharing really helps, thank you…
Read more
11 days ago · 201 likes · 24 comments · Philippa Perry

War

Sophie from That Final Scene being brilliant again, this time on war, cinema and Alex Garland’s films.

What we're witnessing isn't just another Middle Eastern proxy war. It's the entire war machine—economic, intellectual, and cultural—operating at peak efficiency to transform public opinion from "war is tragic" to "this war is good"

Doing the washing up

I always love Debora Robertson, but I especially loved this one because I also hover in a silent, fretful state of ‘really nice of you but you’re doing it wrong’ around people who are helping with the washing up. Nothing makes me feel more foreign than the British thing of not rinsing the dishes. YOUR PAN TASTES OF FAIRY LIQUID!

Lickedspoon with Debora Robertson
The delegation struggle is real
Read more
7 days ago · 80 likes · 62 comments · Debora Robertson 🦀

Ballymaloe

The hotel rather than the cookery school, image from The Irish Stew

Ballymaloe, the OG of country house hotels, is one of my favourite places on God’s green earth, and one day I will be organised enough to enrol on one of their cookery courses (I used to think Bread, but now I think one taught by Rory O’Connell, due to my reliance this book). So I liked this from Sally and John McKenna.

The Irish Stew
Capturing the Essence of Ballymaloe House
The third in our series, Capturing the Essence of Irish Hospitality (see below…
Read more
7 days ago · 5 likes · John and Sally McKenna

Yes

Zoe Williams interviewed Bridget Christie in The Guardian back in March - no idea why the app only showed it to me this week - and I loved the whole thing, including this payoff.

YES! Thank you! More of this please, instead of tired old chestnuts about how it’s all a never-ending nightmare. According to the NHS and the British Menopause Society, approximately a quarter of women in the UK experience severe menopausal symptoms. But that leaves 75% who do not - and who find their wings.

Design ideas

Image: A Tiny Apt.

Such satisfying ideas and visuals from Christene Barberich.

A Tiny Apt.
9 Low-Lift Design Ideas To Try
Hi friends + happy holiday week, a few fun/cheerful things to give you a boost before we get into today’s design menagerie ❤️…
Read more
7 days ago · 32 likes · 8 comments · Christene Barberich

Midnight pasta

I approve the sentiment behind this recipe.

Lunch this weekend

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 India Knight
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share