Originally from Sussex, and a trained classical musician, Article founder Lucy Simon used to spend every Saturday as a teenager exploring all the independent shops in her home town of Brighton, being endlessly inspired by the retail landscape in the buzzing seaside town. She opened her first shop at the age of 24, in Edinburgh, and has kept shop since, subsequently moving to Bath and then rural Somerset and moving her shop along with the journeying. Since marrying Art Gallerist David in Bath some time ago, the pair operate their two businesses, the art gallery and shop, alongside eachother, now housed in a restored Georgian bank on Castle Cary’s High Street. Their little daughter sometimes joins them and loves to join in and talk to people. Lucy is in the shop most days and oversees every aspect of her business.