08 October 2018

Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight

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Billy Butlin, a funfair entrepreneur - he introduced dodgems from the USA to the UK in 1923 - founded his ...
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11 July 2018

Kingsand, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall

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The Maker with Rame Institute provides the iconic image of Kingsand, on the Rame peninsula. It is the th...
03 July 2018

I, Ekco Robot

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At 21" high, the AC97 is Ekco's tallest Bakelite-cased radio. It is also the company's most s...
28 June 2018

Shed-bed

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A cross between a shed and a day-bed, the shed-bed is part of a wider fire-pit and decking project, dryly ...
12 May 2018

Green Citadel, Magdeburg

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The pink Green Citadel, so-named for the wildflower meadows and trees on its roofs, was the final architec...
11 May 2018

Dessau - Kornhaus

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The Kornhaus was commissioned jointly by the City of Dessau and Schultheiss-Patzenhofer, a brewery. Built on the banks of the River Elbe, th...
10 May 2018

Dessau - Bauhaus

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Bauhaus , meaning 'building house,' is not a style. It was a school of art, with three incarnations: the Staatliches Bauhaus W...
08 April 2018

April Fools' Car Show 2018

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The sixth running of the April Fools' Car Show was held at Whittington Castle. The castle, portions of which date from the twelfth c...
04 March 2018

Karan Anne Porter

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Thursday 4 March 1965 to Wednesday 4 February 2009. Photograph: Berwick-upon-Tweed, September 1991.
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28 February 2018

Modern Leaded Lights

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Leaded lights are commonly seen as an art only of the past. Indeed, the vast majority of the work undertak...
12 February 2018

St Joseph's, Wigan

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The current incarnation of St Joseph's was designed by George Goldie, who specialised in Roman Catholi...
06 February 2018

Holy Trinity, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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The Church of the Holy Trinity, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, is a glorious architectural oddity. It was designed by its first priest, Father J...
02 February 2018

Cadgwith, The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall

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