Lori Inglis Hall was born and raised in Leicestershire, and now lives in the South East. Things she loves (in no particular order): books, words, cats, donkeys, her pals, sea swimming, Fake or Fortune, working museums, walled gardens, roses, A.S Byatt, paintings by Cedric Morris, Paris, hispi cabbage, antiques fairs, The National Trust, Lee Miller's war reports, chintz, ceramics, Kim Deal, Peggy Angus wallpaper, blankets, and archives.