- More than meets the eye
On blogs scattered across the Internet there are tales told of the plucky and resourceful Victorian women who would fight off the unwanted attentions of… Read more: More than meets the eye - High tea / high fashion
Having profiled one 1920s tea set in this issue, we thought it would be nice to show another, very different set, from the same period.… Read more: High tea / high fashion - A teatime tale
Once upon a time, almost two thousand years ago on the Indian subcontinent, there was a tortoise in his pond, and one day he met… Read more: A teatime tale - Letters on letter boxes
The 1850s saw the introduction of the post box on the streets of Britain, which brought with them, not only the convenience and encouragement of… Read more: Letters on letter boxes - Taking the Mickey
The Hopi are considered to be the oldest tribe of America’s Four Corners Region (SW States). The current Hopi Reservation a little way east from… Read more: Taking the Mickey - Doodling dissent
Dissent and writing materials defined the look of soldiers in the Vietnam War. The M1 “steel-pot” helmet (in use from 1941) had a camouflage fabric… Read more: Doodling dissent - Rabbits and squirrels and dogs, oh my!
SylvaC was a pastel powerhouse. WIth the majority of their output taking place from the 1930s to 1970s, their wares have endured through changing fashions,… Read more: Rabbits and squirrels and dogs, oh my! - Jive, study Jive
In 1938, Cab Calloway published a dictionary of words and phrases that one could hear in the music halls and on the streets of Harlem.… Read more: Jive, study Jive - The Luddite, the poacher and the thieves
On 13th May 1787 the first ship of convicts sailed from Portsmouth, arriving in Botany Bay, Australia the following January. Over the next eighty years,… Read more: The Luddite, the poacher and the thieves - I made him a little hat
If it doesn’t look nice, cover it up. It’s a philosophy that could happily sit alongside those of great interiors thinkers William Morris (have nothing… Read more: I made him a little hat - Victory tricks
Exciting new discoveries have recently emerged which provide tangible evidence that skateboarding was indeed introduced to Europe by American soldiers during World War II. A… Read more: Victory tricks - Fight the power
Wear your heart on your sleeve and your outrage on your lapel. Protest badges are a symbol of allegiance and an act of defiance against… Read more: Fight the power
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