Existential angst is an unremitting condition. The angst us bed buyers crave. And the 2012 NEC furniture show satiated our craving in dollops. The best NEC furniture show ever! And I think we found the best bed.

Let me explain. There was no Staples or Dunlopillo. No Tempur or Sleepeezee. With the demise of the bed brands our thoughts were not polluted by the well meaning but  autocratic choreographers of what a poor bed shop ought to show and sell at what price and in what quantity and at what lead time.

We were like Sergei, that well known Ukranian ballet dancer bunking off for a week from the Royal Ballet. Do our own thing in tights? Wonderful.

But it got better. As we all know, existential angst requires (more…)

The second National Bed Federation show has just finished at the International Exhibition Centre at Telford.

I popped down to have a look and I must say we had a very enjoyable time. The great thing about the NBF and its relation AIS, (sorry I can never remember what that stands for) is despite the fact you obviously aren’t a member and haven’t a hope in Hades of ever becoming one, everyone is wonderfully friendly to you.

And just because you weren’t part of the original cast of Downton Abbey you can still (more…)