Watching Tintin
I finally saw the Spielberg Tintin film. I have avoided it. It looked a bit of a travesty. I am...
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Patterned paper
Art, I’m not so bothered. I can take it or leave it. But things that artists design and then get...
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Hum and haw
I really do like the bits and pieces coming out of Nobrow. The whole imprint has the feel of something...
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Festival of knitting
I have a deep and abiding affection for all things Festival of Britain. In fact, offer me time travel and...
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On Franny and Zooey
I like books. I like illustration. When they come together it can be very pleasing indeed. I seem to follow...
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On the choosing of shelves
At risk of sounding like a 18th century scientific treatise (I wish) the choice of shelf is difficult thing. You...
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Edward McKnight Kauffer and the 38 bus
I know it looks as though I have expensive taste. And I do, I suppose. But a lot of things...
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Vogue knitting
Shelf Appeal is having a fashion moment. Due (perhaps) to spending last Saturday night with 3 veritable pinks of fashion...
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Paper doll
An exhibition called The Spirit of France toured Great Britain in 1943 and 1944. Propaganda thinly disguised as craft and...
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This is Sasek’s London
I have to admit that my shelves are very slowly filling with London-related books and booklets. I tried not to...
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Mushroom & Monkey
This time last year I was swanning around New York, celebrating a birthday in a style to which I could...
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Enough and no more
Ton. A simple idea for a book, looking at weights. But beautifully executed by Japanese illustrator Taro Miura. The Japanese...
