Living: Annus Jubileaus 1952-2012, at Medbourne Village Hall, Leics, featuring Woods Ware Beryl china (in constant use at all quality village halls since the coronation). Photograph by News From Nowh...
Living: Queens and corgis by Rococo Chocolates.(Source for photo sadly unremembered).
Re-living: 1952 packaging brought back(temporarily). For more discarded packaginggo to the Robert Opie Collection.
Living: Fiona Cairns, royal cake maker.If shes good enough for William and Kate, shes good enough for the Weston-by-Welland garden fete. Fairy cakes 50p each.
Living: Dispatches on the progressof the Queens Diamond Jubilee,from our reporter in Middle England.
The Lion of EnglandThe Red Dragon of Wales The Griffin of Edward IIIThe Falcon of the PlantagenetsLiving: The Queens Beastsexplained at Fortnum & Mason.
Living: The tiffin. Early form of tupperware created for the transportation of packed lunch during the Raj. Generally transported by the tiffin wallah, as in the "one who carries the box". Av...
A Convicts HomeApron available at Old Town.
Black JackMiniature donkeys availableat Elms Farm.
The Dramatic Shoe-blackCovert coat available at Cordings.
The Temperence SweepChimney brush available at Objects of Use.
Caney the ClownChair cane available at Paxton Hardware.Living + Extinct: Steal This Look.(All photographs from the V & A,taken by John Thomson, 1876-77..
An Education: Colour in Clayphotographed by Jack Cardiff.Via Jon Gray.
Living: Dutch house numbers and letters atWhitechapel Ltd Brass and Iron Hardware.
Living: British Standard.A Plain English collaboration with The Princes Foundation.Via Remodelista.
Living: Berry Bros & Rudd, est 1698 by the Widow Bourne.
Living: The ghillie suit. Camouflage created inScotland where there is plenty of jute, the first known use was during the Boer War.
Finally! Potted Histories No. 6and the Nutscene jute story.
Living: Jute sacks at Ancient Industries.Other than sack races, jute sacks are vital for traversing down helter skelters as well as storing vegetables + clearing up garden refuse.Helter Skelter, 1937...
Install your own chicken coopMake wine into vinegarStart a beehivePickle your cucumbers and ferment your cabbageRecycled and composted:The Good Life comes to Wiliiams-Sonoma.
Living: A Rage in Harlem, 1957, by Chester Himes, read by Samuel L. Jackson.Portraits by Carl Van Vechten.
Extinct: BBC Trade test card, 1966-1998.Read the potted history in The Guardian.
Living: The Ice Cream Bar, San Francisco.Via the Hello! Lucky blog.
Thank you: Tasty tastemakers with a hugeand tasteful following at Tasting Table.
Dix BlueRailingsVert de TerreLiving: Farrow and Ball.What colour is your front door?
PashleyWrenBella CiaoLiving: Adeline Adeline,"a very nice bicycle shop".
Polizia looking very relaxed in tailored blue serge suits with double satin stripe on the pant.After a little debate the Polizia Roma Capitale agree to pose in formal yet relaxed tailleur.Note the pi...
This season is all about magenta and vermillion. Those in magenta complete the look with shades.Having nun of it.Three little priests from school, in basic black.
Blindingly bright in traffic or sunshine.Andrea, the giardiniero.*The Italians know their reflective additions.Spezzatino (slang for dustman) in caution orange and maroon with matching truck.*giardin...
Living: The deck chair stool at Toast.
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