Finders keepers?
Imagine standing in the grandeur of the National Gallery, looking at a multi-million-pound Monet on the wall that should be your inheritance. Having your bike nicked and spotting it a […]
His mother’s possessions
Drawers full of chargers for old phones, broken pens, shop business cards. Old newspapers. A broken thermometer. A garlic press, a grater, and a – what’s it called? – we […]
What’s in a name?
What’s the appeal of an autograph? A connection to the world of celebrity? A brag? A record of a brief moment shared with an idol? Collector, now dealer, Adam Andrusier […]
Through dirt covered glasses
The coconut effect There’s plenty of instances in life when a lie is more attractive than the truth, if not even more believable than the truth. You’ll impress nobody saying, […]
Flea-bitten
I was already many years an adult when I first visited Portobello Road. Bedknobs and Broomsticks had given me false expectations, it should have been obvious really that I wasn’t […]
A pioneer of pattern
Pre-War Vienna to Post-War London. Post-WW2 textile and pattern design is defined by the work of a few woman designers, of which one is Jacqueline Groag.