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Ebay can still, sometimes, come up with the goods.  Like this. For once it is possible to judge something by its cover, and so this is indeed a wall frieze by John Burningham, from 1966.  Mr Crownfolio watched the auction like a hawk for the ten days it was on, and was pleasantly surprised to [...]

For those of you in or near London a public information broadcast.  Friend of this blog, Neil Jennings is mounting an exhibition next week at the Art Workers Guild in Queen Square in Bloomsbury.  The cast list looks wonderful, including as it does Edward Bawden, Barbara Jones, Barnett Freedman and Kenneth Rowntree.  And this poster [...]

A bonus extra today.  I almost lumped this little treasure in with yesterday’s eBay news, until I decided that it deserved a post all its own. Not that I have a huge amount to say other than this is rather wonderful. It is a portfolio of posters from about 1965, designed by Bob Gill (there’s [...]

I missed Quad Royal’s second birthday last week, and am now feeling terribly guilty. This is the closest thing to a poster birthday card I could find at short notice. Even if the number and the date are wrong. Anyway, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate  everyone who’s been reading and  commenting [...]