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‘I Have More Opinions, But Am Less Judgemental About Taste Than I Used to Be’ – Inside the Thoughtful World of Billy Cotton, Where Maximalist Pop Icons Get the Same Treatment as Meditative Minimalists

Designer Billy Cotton grew up honing his eye by dumpster diving, and now makes furniture with some of the best craftspeople in the world

Homes & Gardens · Mar 10

Inside Soane’s Most Ambitious Collection Yet, Created in Collaboration with Billy Cotton

Soane Britain has joined forces with American designer Billy Cotton on a collection spanning fabrics, wallpaper, furniture, and lighting

Homes & Gardens · Nov 15, 2025

Johnson says his rule-breaking birthday gathering was ‘necessary for work’

Boris Johnson said he was joined by his wife and son as well as a ‘contractor who was working in the building’.

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023

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Foreign Office splashed £500,000 on lavish rugs and wallpapers in just 12 months

Among the splurges included more than £8,000 at a luxury lighting designer, over £3,000 at The White Company on home decor - and more than £30,000 went to luxury furniture stores

Daily Mirror · Feb 13, 2023

Boris Johnson's £840-a-roll gold wallpaper 'peeling off the walls of Downing Street flat'

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt revealed that Liz Truss painted over the expensive wallpaper that had been put up as part of Lulu Lytle's costly Downing Street redecoration

Daily Mirror · Nov 24, 2022

Rishi Sunak snubs Downing Street flat decorated with £840-a-roll wallpaper by Boris Johnson

The new Prime Minister will be moving into the two-bedroom flat at Number 10, rather than the four-bed pad above neighbouring Number 11, which has been used by leaders since 1997

Daily Mirror · Oct 26, 2022

Ousted Boris Johnson can take lavish No10 furnishings with him - including gold wallpaper

Anything Boris Johnson paid for himself in a luxury revamp can go to his next home - even £840-a-roll wallpaper - as two huge removal vans parked up nose-to-tail in Downing Street

Daily Mirror · Aug 15, 2022

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Why we need new rules for redecoration in Downing Street

Letters: Future incumbents should have to make good any alterations or major decorations they’ve made, says Máirín Power. Also letters from Geoffrey Jamieson and Elaine Cameron

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022

The Convict’s resignation honours list – a sneak peek

Boris Johnson is preparing to decorate those without whom none of the last three years would have been possible

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2022

‘Trump-like madness!’– our critic’s verdict on Boris Johnson’s £200,000 No 11 refurb

Carrie and the PM blew £7,560 on sofas, £8,500 on lamps – and £3,675 on a ‘Nureyev drinks trolley’ that actually features two pairs of brass hands desperately clinging on. Is this the most metaphorical home accessory ever?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2022

Inside Boris Johnson's lavish No10 refurb as estimate shows £7k rug and £3k paint

A leaked estimate reveals the scale of luxury the outgoing Prime Minister wanted in his flat above Downing Street, including a £3,675 drinks trolley and £11,000 worth of dining chairs

Daily Mirror · Jul 8, 2022

Boris Johnson’s flat revamp cost £200,000, leaked invoice suggests

The bill – which includes a £7,000 rug and wallpaper costing £225 a roll – is likely to renew focus on the funding of the lavish redecoration.

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2022

Boris and Carrie Johnson's lavish flat refurb which sparked huge sleaze scandal

Prime Ministers traditionally live above 10 Downing Street, however many have chosen the four-bedroom home above no.11, which Boris and Carrie Johnson spent thousands on

Daily Mirror · Jul 7, 2022

Londoner’s Diary: Sajid Javid mulls leadership bid to avert ‘catastrophe’

In today’s Diary: Javid’s CPS speech / Bad wallpaper news for the PM / Piers Morgan’s piglet / Anne-Marie urges more school meals for kids

Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2022

Call that decor stylish? Great-aunt Rose might agree…

If only we’d held on to our parents’ avocado bathrooms and swirly carpets, we’d now be as fashionable as Carrie Johnson

Daily Mirror · Apr 16, 2022

Number 10 uses 'national security' to protect guest at Boris Johnson's birthday party

Boris Johnson has paid a fine - but questions remain over the presence of luxury interior designer Lulu Lytle at the brief birthday bash, and whether she had a high enough security clearance to be in the Cabinet Room

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022

What we know about the birthday party linked to Boris Johnson’s fine

Downing Street has previously admitted staff ‘gathered briefly’ in the Cabinet Room on June 19 2020.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2022

Boris Johnson has finally gone full Marie Antoinette – only he’s hogging all the cake

Quite how long Conservative MPs and the British public will continue to indulge the prime minister is unclear, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Manchester Evening News · Jan 25, 2022

Grant Shapps says interior designer Lulu Lytle was NOT invited to PM's 'birthday party' and only 'happened to come by' the gathering

The Prime Minister was reportedly treated to a birthday bash at Number 10 in June 2020 while the majority of the country remained under Covid restrictions

Wales Online · Jan 25, 2022

PM attended indoor birthday celebration during lockdown, No 10 admits

Downing Street insisted staff only ‘gathered briefly’ in No 10’s Cabinet Room after a meeting

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2022

Boris Johnson attended indoor birthday celebration during lockdown, No 10 admits

Downing Street insisted staff only ‘gathered briefly’ in No 10’s Cabinet Room after a meeting.

Daily Mirror · Jan 24, 2022

Furious families slam Boris Johnson's surprise birthday party during first lockdown

More than 30 officials reportedly gathered for the PM's birthday bash in the Cabinet Room for up to half an hour on the afternoon of June 19, 2020

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2022

Boris Johnson tweet praising seven-year-old who cancelled birthday party resurfaces after claims of No 10 bash

Girl who cancelled gathering was a ‘great example’ to British public, prime minister said at the time

Chronicle Live · Jan 24, 2022

Boris Johnson celebrated birthday with 'lockdown party' when indoor social gatherings were banned

Boris Johnson's wife presented the Prime Minister with a cake and staff gathered around to sing Happy Birthday during the first lockdown

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2022

PM hit with lockdown birthday party claims in fresh alleged breach

Downing Street said staff only ‘gathered briefly’ in the Cabinet Room after a meeting.

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