Lindisfarne Gospels
Lindisfarne Gospels This legacy of an artist monk living in Northumbria in the early eighth...
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Month: March 2013
The Rise of Vintage Poster
In the world of antiques, a particular area of interest — a collecting field if you like — will...
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The Praxinoscope
Both the zoetrope and phenakistiscope provided the break in the images by the black space between...
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The Pleasure and Profit of Coin Collecting
The first coins ever invented were probably stamped ingots of electrum, a mixture of gold and...
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The Phenakistiscope
The next stop in the development of animation was the phenakistiscope (Greek for ‘deceptive...
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The Penny Black – The forefather of all postage stamps
The Penny Black is arguably the world’s most famous stamp. It is certainly the world’s...
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The London Gun
The largest gun ever built, by at least a factor of 3, is the V-3 cannon, also known as the London...
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The John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera
The John Johnson Collection is one of the most important collections of printed ephemera in the...
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The History of Tea Drinking – A Great British Tradition
I hope you appreciate your morning cup of tea as much as you should. Tea might well be a cheap...
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The History of Sideboards
The origin of sideboards is fascinating in that no one actually designed them they just came about...
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