Where family history’s concerned, it’s surprising where an insistent thought can take you. Bed has very much been on my mind this month. Our bedroom has become our favourite ‘warm space’ in an expensively chilly winter, furnished in five-star style with hot water bottles, kettle, biscuit jar, TV, and the cat. We even have a mini fridge to match the duck-egg decor. It’s now more flatlet than boudoir.
After Christmas, we decided to replace our aging mattress with an
