So no sofa - but there is as story behind every other collected piece in Robin’s house. We asked him for a list of (a few) of his favourite things. He admits he is mad about far too many but cites Burrows, Betjeman, Beckett, Bach and Bowie amongst his heroes - and that’s just the ‘B’s. And the collecting? “Well I have stopped going to Kempton where I always end up buying big pieces,” he explains, “and now I just try and buy only ‘thin’ things”!! As I truly have no room left.” Said like a true eccentric. Robin Farquhar-Thomson’s work by commission can be viewed at www.robinft.co.uk All photography in this feature by Robin Farquhar-Thomson
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