Time to buy

Men’s Single Breasted Velvet Jacket in Burgundy, £225, The House of Bruar (0345 136 0111; www. houseofbruar.com)

Spring Candle in hand-painted matryoshka doll, £120, Vilshenko (www.vilshenko. com)

Hard Tonic (Elderflower; Rose & Juniper; Apple & Mint), from £12 (4 x 250ml), Percival & Co (www.percival andco.com)

‘I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain’ The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin