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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Spring flowers, rugby shirts and sterling silver Marmite lids
Alexandra Fraser takes a look at a few things set to brighten up the end of your winter, from a non-denominational rugby shirt to a £145 sterling sliver marmite lid. No, we're not joking.
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The Utterly Inessential Valentine's Shopping List Part II: Pink gin, heart-shaped earrings and a dog bed for the true love of your life
Every year, we round up the top gifts one could possibly give without going over-the-top-crazy for Valentine's Day. Fortunately, this year our Utterly Inessential columnist is in love. Unfortunately, her heart still belongs to gin. You can't win them all.
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: The most utterly stylish four poster beds on the market right now
Four-poster beds are the cornerstone of any good childhood interior-design-related dream. Alexandra Fraser explores some of the most opulent on the market right now.
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Helping you to maintain 'New Year, new me' for at least another month
With one more week to know, it's an uphill battle to maintain those January resolutions. Here are a few things which you absolutely do not need to continue your fight for a cleaner, greener life, but which may help a little regardless.
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The Utterly Inessential Red Shopping List: No-holds barred options for Valentine's Day — or anyone who just really likes red
There comes a time, usually in mid-January, when you decide that your home needs more colour. Here are some options to brighten your interiors and your day.
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The Utterly Inessential Sales Shopping List: From Britain's finest shops to refreshing your house in the name of charity
Utterly Inessential is back with the things which you‘d rather have received for Christmas itself, but have resigned yourself to purchasing in the January sales.
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: 10 things which under no circumstance should you ever, ever purchase
At the end of 2019, we look back on the crème de la crème of Utterly Inessential, mulling over what we thought then and whether our opinions have softened much. Spoiler: They haven't.
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: The billionaire's advent calendar and a perfect barbecue for mid-winter al fresco
An object that is quite possibly the greatest advent calendar ever made graces our list this week, as well as a baffling tool whose unspoken feature is its ability to impart a feeling of wellbeing.
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: How to throw a smashing last-minute dinner party
What do you do when you've forgotten that you invited the entire bridge club round until T-24 hours?
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The Utterly Inessential Travel Shopping List: Everything you need for winter sun or hitting the slopes
Last week's Country Life showed you all the best places to travel for a holiday now that the summer is over, from swimming with horses in Montego Bay to curling up in a chalet in Courmayeur. Now that you've booked your trip, Alexandra Fraser shows you all the things which may make your journey a little bit easier, a little bit more luxurious and a little bit utterly inessential.
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The Utterly Inessential Kitchen Shopping List: Antique copper pans, lemon-coloured cookers and the sort of stool you'd imagine Hemingway sitting on
Sure, you could go down to Homebase, Ikea or B&Q. But where would be the fun in that?
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: A pet candle with a secret, an American culinary road-trip and the inevitable waterproof
In this week of Utterly Inessential, we take a look at a few things we may (but probably wont) need to get through the cold weather.
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The Utterly Inessential Autumn Shopping List: Cheese subscriptions, cosy blankets and everything else you need in the run up to winter
Cuddle up under a blanket and put Friends on in the background; the winter lists are back and better than ever.
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Everything you need for the last weekend of summer
Alexandra Fraser rounds up the last few things you absolutely don't need this summer, as we reluctantly turn towards autumn jackets, broken brollies and 'do you have any tables inside?'.
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The Utterly Inessential Bank Holiday Shopping List: A few simple pleasures to indulge in over the historic August long weekend
It's the weekend we've all been waiting for since Christmas. In three short days, everyone in the UK (except the parents of young children, God bless you) will wake up at 7am, glance at their phone clocks and peacefully drift back into their downy pillows with large smiles on their faces. It's here, it's really here – the August bank holiday.
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The Utterly Inessential Beach Shopping List: From ocean-inspired drinks to a Dragon paddleboard for the entire family to enjoy
Bored of being in the office? Well, this weekend is your chance to drop everything and jump on a train down to our gleaming coastline. Alexandra Fraser rounds up a few of the utterly inessential things that you should probably, potentially, but definitely not absolutely, bring with you.
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Solid chocolate ice cream, a trackable passport cover and a £7,000 silver ice bucket
In this week's round up of utterly inessential items to amaze and beguile, Alexandra Fraser takes a look at a solid chocolate ice cream cone, the world's most expensive (probably) ice bucket and the ultimate solution to losing your passport in the airport.
