The Insignia wall fitting is all about the lovely shaped thick brass wall plate. Its name derives from the fact that the shape is somewhat heraldic, or indeed baronial, but in an updated twenty first century style, complete with little twiddles and bevelling. As a single or double, in three finishes and good and solid. On a practical note, because the back plate is flush with the wall, the electrical gubbins needs to be inset into the wall itself.

We spend hours messing around with lampshades, trying all sorts of new and wondrous materials to see how they transmit light through them. And in our opinion, there isn't much that beats a humble rattan lampshade for casting a beguiling glow. The light pools warmly beneath but it also sneaks out gently through the little gaps in the weave. Beautiful it is, we thinks.