The Last of Old England – Gretchen Andersen and Old Manor Farm
‘To start with this house had hardly any furniture. The men who moved us in were so shocked they left us the tea chests, so we used them for a year at least.’ This is... 
The Magpie Eye : Mark Hearld
Mark Hearld is the busy, polygamous artist and maker whom I've long wanted to meet. He has made multiple marriages, to print-making and collage, drawing and painting, lino-cutting, ceramics, wallpaper and textile design, cut-outs and collecting,...
Bridie Hall ‘At Home.’
Bridie Hall, artist-designer and co-founder of the amazing shop and homestore, Pentreath and Hall, was born in New Zealand and ran away to seek her fortune in London twenty years ago, on finishing art school....
David Bridgwater, his curious world.
David Bridgwater wrote to me a few weeks ago. He had read the art book that I published with Yale, Owning the Past, about the English collectors who scoured Italy, Greece and Turkey for antique sculptures...
Blackpool Illuminations For Sale.
This enormous, circa 4 foot high Peacock head which lit up the sky on the Blackpool seafront for many years is now for sale with Malcolm Glickstein at : Relic Antiques, 133-135, Pancras Road, London, NW1...
Dr. Feelgood theme birthday cake, tablecloth by David Hockney.
Plate by Wedgwood, from a dinner service made for His Majesty Farouk I, by the Grace of God, King of Egypt and Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, of Kordofan and of Darfur 'Summer Sky'...
Huntin’ table.
Bombadier beer by Wells and Young at the Eagle Brewery Bedford and 20 Woodbines. [All images : copyright bibleofbritishtaste.com ]
