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  • January sale

    29 December 2016

    The department store Jones & Higgins of Peckham, London closed in 1980 and I missed visiting it. Established in Rye...

  • Simpson and Jones

    11 October 2015

    Shelf Appeal is very fond of Barbara Jones’ illustrations. And very fond indeed of the shop that was Simpson Piccadilly...

  • Liberty’s blouses

    5 July 2015

    Shelf Appeal has never liked Summer. It is undignified. Far too much bunting related gaiety, outdoorsy organized activity and heat....

  • The stationer’s shop

    31 May 2015

    Illustrations of shops and shopping pull me in like a magnet. Historical ones. New ones. I like them in a...

  • All clear

    26 April 2015

    We really don’t make enough use of cardboard luggage tags. They’re such nice things for luggage to travel with. I...

  • The right ski-wear

    11 January 2015

    Snow is a funny thing. It looks pretty but it doesn’t play pretty. Unless you sport. Then it has a...

  • Made in Japan

    25 December 2014

    The Shelf Appeal xmas image this year is of one of those incomprehensible pieces of decorative tat made somewhere in...

  • Clackity clack

    1 October 2014

    You wouldn’t have to click far through Shelf Appeal to spot the toys. Toys r us. The arrival of a...

  • Photography allowed

    21 September 2014

    I like a museum stuffed to the gunnels. Independent museums are often displayed that way. None of your curated cases...

  • Together again

    8 May 2014

    Back in 2010 Shelf Appeal posted about a favourite piece on the shelf. A lovely ceramic salt pot, shaped and...

  • Slip it in

    21 April 2014

    Whilst I try not to collect Penguin and Puffin books, the paper things that advertised them creep on to the...

  • Casually Italian

    14 April 2014

    Shelf Appeal doesn’t knit much but likes lots of knitting-associated bits and pieces. This pattern has long been hanging around...

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