Zero and the ampersand
After a good breakfast I popped down to the ephemera fair this weekend. They are held regularly in hotels (various)...
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A nice paper thing
The recent demise of Habitat shops outside of London saddened me. Not for Habitat as it traded recently. But for...
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Knitted, for a Man
With thanks to all those involved in digitisation projects in archives and museums across the land, I spent a happy...
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Through the window
I have had a postcard of this watercolour for a while, bought from the Geffrye Museum in 2003 when they...
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Size matters
I like shop window display. I like fashion. I like toys. I like it when all 3 of these things...
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Cat on the mat
The American Interiors magazine produced some of the best magazine covers I have ever seen. It’s an industry magazine that...
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Something fishy
I have surprised myself. I thought I must have written about Barbara Jones on Shelf Appeal. But no. I think...
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CC 41
An era that interests me, ephemerally-speaking, is the Utility scheme of the Second World War. It ran from 1941 to...
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Puffin Picture Book No. 104
In the way I am in denial about collecting King Penguin books (10 doesn’t a collection make, surely?) I am...
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Rounded corner
Cast your eye over this lovely room designed by Rodney Thomas for graphic designer Ashley Havinden in 1932. Now you...
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Well crafted
I was asked to go and talk at Ruthin Craft Centre last week. I am not particularly comfortable public speaking....
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Et tu Brutus
Books are it. Everything. And then some. Bookshops, new and second-hand, seem to be disappearing all the time. In London,...
