Party outings
The train angst season is upon us. Cancellations, missing tea trolley services, overcrowded carriages, missing reservations, hassled travellers, luggage racks...
Tag: booklet
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Post a smile
The allure of a smiling face in a graphic (or on a mug, or pretty much anywhere) never gets tired...
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Invalid Delicacies
Invalid is a word one seldom hears these days. It’s certainly not a word found on a greeting card in...
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Moderna Mytholmroyd
The industrial landscape of West Yorkshire, much of it to do with 19th and 20th century textile history, is still...
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Paris
Paris is Shelf Appeal’s favorite city. Not simply because they do the best fashion and toy exhibitions there. Not only...
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January sale
The department store Jones & Higgins of Peckham, London closed in 1980 and I missed visiting it. Established in Rye...
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Simpson and Jones
Shelf Appeal is very fond of Barbara Jones’ illustrations. And very fond indeed of the shop that was Simpson Piccadilly...
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The famous 51 socks
I will spare you the empty protest that I don’t collect Jaeger things. It’s obvious – even to me –...
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Ship shape
It is no secret I like a bit of anthropomorphism. Put a face on it and I’ll probably like it. I...
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A picture book
A Picture Book in Colour II. No fancy titles here. And with a cover design this fancy who needs a...
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The shirt
One of my few fashion crushes is Margaret Howell. Their clothes, interiors products, shops, marketing material (in all its Gill...
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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...