We Made This

If you’re over 50, you might remember that you were once able to return your used glass bottles – say Lucozade, or R White’s Lemonade – to the shops, to get back a small deposit (about 2½p back in the ’70s), which was included in the purchase price.

There’s a bit of buzz about this week being the 30 year anniversary of the release of Baz Luhrmann’s film William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, and the film is also getting a re-release in cinemas.

It’s cake time!

The world is in a pretty dire state at the moment.

At the end of last week I nipped over to Senate House Library (the central library for the University of London) for their latest exhibition, The English Print Revolution: Caxton and Beyond.

I’m so happy to have received my beautiful copy of Mundo Mendo, Book One. by the wonderful Luis Mendo.

As we trundle / trudge / twirl (delete as appropriate) towards the end of 2025, I thought I’d take a look at some of the very best bits of art, design and photography coming our way in 2026.

London is a city of constant change.

Giovanna Faso recently got in touch to flag up her Casa Museo Olivettiana – a ‘house museum’ in Ivrea: “Set within the Unità Residenziale Ovest – a remarkable horizontal skyscraper carved into a hillside just a 15-minute walk from the historic center of I…

I nipped along to the wonderful Spineless Wonders* exhibition yesterday at the Senate Library (the central library for the University of London).