Drinking games
I know of a person who would amuse himself by piercing a hole in someone’s can of Coke, causing an annoying dribble when they tipped it up to drink. You […]
Precious plastics
Back in the summer of 2022 (#106) we shared the paintings of artist Hermoine Burton. A keen amateur artist, her life’s works ended up discarded in a Bedford charity shop […]
Profile Vics
With any new and exclusive technology, there inevitably comes the moment when it is seized upon by the masses and it becomes ordinary and everyday. For photography, that moment came […]
Barbie
Ok, maybe we’re a bit late to this party and we’re all a bit sick of pink by now, but Barbie®: The Exhibition is still on in London and we’ve […]
In the parlour
Maricourt is a Snakes & Ladders style board game, c1900, intended to be played by couples, but it can be played as individuals. Interestingly, the initial pairing of couples by […]
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. This is the Campanula – […]
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 two geese. The geese said […]
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 the postal service, but another […]
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 cover added as general issue […]
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, and even now can sit […]