Please find below copies of press articles featuring The Great English Outdoors
Country Homes & Interiors September 2010
Regatta Theme featuring Old Bartholomew Maps, natural bristle nail brush, bathbrush and other lotions and potions...
Homes & Garden June 2010
Basket made from English willow,ideal for fishing kits and picnics from The Great English Outdoors.
ES Magazine May 2010
WHERE TO SHOP
The Great English Outdoors in Hay-on -Wye is packed with everything from colourful Welsh blankets to smart leather wallets, sheepskins and a fascinating selection of antique maps and prints.
Homes & Antiques Feb 2010
Blankets from The Great English Outdoors
Period Living Feburary 2010
Vintage Fringed throw from The Great English Outdoors
Horn quaiche, geranium, soap, horn bangle all from The Great English Outdoors
Narrow loom blanket and slippers from The Great English Outdoors
Easy Living Januray 2010
ECLECTIC CRAFTS IN HAY- ON - WYE
The Great English Outdoors
Hay-On-Wye is famous for its bookshop and literary festival, but we're drawn to The Great English Outdoors, a remarkable boutique run by Anthene English. Her beautifully styled selection includes both the old and new: stacks of vintage Welsh blankets antique tapestries and fringed throws jostle for space among bottles of rosescented body lotion,bridle leather purses, sheepskins,fisherman's baskets and spanish riding boots.Truly, a shop with a soul.
Wooden bird whistles,Carlton, British alpaca socks all from The Great English Outdoors.
House & Garden January 2010
This boxed set of plant labels from The Great English Outdoors would make a lovely gift for a gardner. Made from Welsh slate, the labels come in three different shape - six long, six rectangular, and eight disc-shaped-with a slate pencil,all tucked neatly inside a wooden box with a slide lid. From the The Great english Outdoors.
House Beautiful Dec/Jan2010
Cushion upon chair from The Great Enlgish Outdoors.
County Living November 2009
Made on traditional looms in one of the few remaining mills in Wales, these vibrant, striped wool blankets have fringed edges. They can be pruchased in various sizes from The Great English Outdoors.
Garden Illustrated October 2009
Telegraph/Gardening
November 2009
Gardeners Journal from The Great English Outdoors
County Home & Interiors June 2009
My Kind of Country
Interview with potter Emma Bridgewater
What is your favourite country shop? The Great English Outdoors in Hay-on-Wye in Herefordshire, which is run by Athene English. She specialises in British craftsmanship, including blankets..
The Field March 09
NEWS IN THE FIELD Bangles..Handmade from cattle horn, prices from £14.75
6 OF THE BEST WALKING STICKS
Duck Head....Choose from hazel or holly price £85
Saturday Times Magazine 21 February 2009
HOMES in store Trade Secret: The Great English Outdoors
Boden Newsletter February 2009
Insider's tip
We often have calls from our customers asking where we've bought the furniture and other bits and pieces you see in our catalogues. Very often we buy them from The Great English Outdoors, who sell a nostalgic variety of rugs, fishing rods, tins and other nick nacks.
UltraTravel September 2009
Period Living February 2009
In the news: Website of the month:greatenglish.co.uk This colourful website is a convenient link to 'blanket queen' Athene English's wonderful shop.. With over 500 blankets to choose from you'll find early narrow looms examples, antique tapestries, plaid blankets, vintage fringed throws and nursing shawls
Country Living February 2009
Wintry Warmers
Local or ethically sourced homeware and clothing feature on the new online shop...These vintage traditional Welsh blankets cost from £80 each
Shimmer and Shine
Metallics are wonderfully versatile...Discover how to bring a glamorous glint to every room...
Garden journal, £32
World of Interiors February 2009
antennae roundup
Searching high and low for steps and ladders? Nathalie Wilson and Camilla Belton rise to the challenge
The Library Steps £145
Elle Decoration Feb 2009
SOLUTIONS
Winter Warmers
Hay-on-Wye's quintessential country store has just launched an online shop so that all its goodies can now be delivered direct to your door......
Dogs Monthly February 2009
Dog Wash
Made with olive oil and cocoa butter for a healthy shiny coat, and lemongrass and rosemary to repel ticks and fleas...
Dogs Today January 2009
Take the lead (and collar)
Handmade from English bridle leather with solid brass studds and Tyrolean style suede trim...from £50
Dogs Monthly January 2009
Decorative Collar
Made from English bridle leather with solid brass studs and suede trim..£50+
Gardens Illustrated January 2009
Shop Front
Olive green nubuck bound gardener's journal £32
You Magazine 30 November 2008
For the Hostess with the Mostest. Show your thanks for that delicious lunch, overnight stay or wonderful weekend..
PLANT LABELS £42
Saturday Telegraph Magazine 22 November 2008
Ask a Shopkeeper?
Have you a favourite? A fishing creel made from Somerset willow and hand stitched leatherwork(£285)..
Coast Magazine Dec 07/Jan 08
'Take a throw, a lantern and a bottle of wine outdoors and watch the skies softly darken as you snuggle up'
Welsh plaid blanket £80 from The Great English Outdoors
'Flop around languorously on a sofa packed with cushions. It is important to do absolutely nothing for long periods of time'
Narrow loom Welsh blanket £125 from The Great English Outdoors
Country Living June 08
'Woman of the Cloth'
'From traditional welsh blankets to fine, hand stitched leatherware, Athene English's eclectic shop in Hay-on-Wye reflects her life long crusade to uncover the crafts of the past'
Photographic details of the interior of The Great English Outdoors
But step inside The Great English Outdoors, just up from Hay's famous castle, and instead of books , you'll find piles of traditional Welsh blankets, displays of hand-stitched leather goods and cabinets of antique fishing paraphernalia
Blankets have become an all-consumming passion - a one-woman crusade to gather information before a whole way of life dies out and to make sure that the few remaining mills regain their importance in the community