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 […]
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 […]
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 the status quo. These small […]
She sees you when you’re sleeping…
The question is, does she wake back up again after you have gone to sleep? Perhaps it isn’t that ridiculous a question, apart from the fact we’ve always known stories […]
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, […]
Loose limbs telling time
In 1932 a 28-year-old designer named Earl Arnault, from Oregon, USA, invented a clock to bring some cheer to a country in the midst of The Great Depression. This clock […]