Instagram release of tea towel featuring what the UK designer ‘finds common’ has become an annual ritual

What is “common” these days – and is it even OK to say it?

Some might say it’s a controversial term, but for Nicky Haslam, the 85-year-old English designer, socialite and self-appointed arbiter of taste, defining what is common is not something to shy away from – on the contrary, it has become an annual ritual.