14 March 2019

Green Ekco AD65

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Very nearly the holy grail. Four of Ekco's round radios of the 1930s and 1940s - not the AD75 - were available for special order in a...
04 March 2019

Forton Services, M6

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Forton Services, now called Lancaster Services, between junctions 32 and 33, was the second service station to be opened on the M6 motorwa...

Karan Anne Porter

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Thursday 4 March 1965 to Wednesday 4 February 2009. Photograph: Roseberry Topping, Cleveland Way, September 1992.
01 March 2019

Broadway Tower

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Broadway Tower stands atop Beacon Hill, at 1,024 feet the second highest point in the Cotswolds. It was bu...
19 February 2019

Azulejos

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Azulejos are Spanish and Portuguese ceramic tiles, painted and tin-glazed. The Museu Nacional do Azulejo, the National Tile Museum, in L...
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15 December 2018

Putting on a Pedal-Stool

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YMGW's partner's sister says "pedal-stool" in place of "pedestal," as in The I...
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...