This cosy cream cable-knit cushion and Parisian blue cable-knit blanket are both from Laura Ashley’s new autumn/winter Cornwall collection. Anyone up for a snuggle on the sofa? Cambourne cushion, £30, and Coniston blanket, £70, from Laura Ashley.

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Laura Ashley have just started a range of pet accessories so pampered pooches can finally be just as stylish as their owners. I’m all for the blue and white spotty print cat and dog beds, from £30.

Laura Ashley’s latest collection - Wartime Memoirs - evokes the romance of land girl fashions with sweetheart floral sateen dresses, puffed sleeved bolero cardigans, full skirted double-breasted macs and simple formal trousers. 

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Well whatever you do don’t just take it to the nearest charity shop or the like… Marie Curie Cancer Care and Laura Ashley have teamed up to call for donations of old gold, silver or costume jewellery. The charity will then sell them on and take a share of the proceeds. They even want broken old watches, earrings and chains so get rooting around in the back of your jewellery box for those forgotten and unwanted treasures. The scheme runs till the end of July and jewellery can be taken into any Marie Curie Cancer Care shop or Laura Ashley boutique.

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