The zoo
I worked for a little while at London Zoo. I always find a zoo faintly disconcerting and want to let...
Category: Shelf Appeal
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Comme pom
I don’t lust after much in fashion. Even though I write about much in fashion. I’m not a fashionable shape,...
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Sheep’s clothing
I don’t know about you, but my feet are cold. I dally between my Icelandic wool slippers, layering up the...
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Emmanuel Cooper
Was sad to hear Emmanuel Cooper died recently. I worked with him on his Table Manners exhibition at the Crafts...
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This or that
Barbara Jones is one of my favourite illustrators and this book has a bit of all her best subject matter...
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London, my London
The signature ‘Lee-Elliott 38’ nestles at the bottom of Nelson’s Column on this cover. Theyre Lee-Elliott, a bit of a...
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Quick and dirty
Shelf Appeal has been all about the paper recently. So when I found this small tin whilst putting away Christmas...
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Masculine whim
The Austin Reed man was a bit spoilt with nice graphics and advertising in the mid-twentieth century. Austin Reed is...
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The sweetest thing
It’s the little things. I bought this tiny (8cm long) bit of nonsense for 50p. OK, you might say I...
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Post a dog
I can’t be collecting posters as well as books and bits of paper. They are too big and wall space...
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A book of toys
This is my ideal book really. It’s a King Penguin book – a superlative set of illustrated books from around...
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Zero and the ampersand
After a good breakfast I popped down to the ephemera fair this weekend. They are held regularly in hotels (various)...
