Archive: 2015

  1. England in 1835

    We have recently acquired from one of our favourite bookshops, Ken Spelman of York, a first edition of Frederick Von Raumer’s England in 1835: being a Series of Letters Written to...

    14th January 2015 Read more
  2. Laureate’s Choice

    The best Christmas present we received this year – sadly it was the only present we got, apart from Ian Beesley’s Spanish sausage (don’t ask) – was an empty bottle...

    9th January 2015 Read more
  3. At the sign of the spectacles

    One of the most striking shop signs in Victorian Manchester was that of the optician T. M. Bowen, whose premises at 27 Market Place were dominated by an enormous pair...

    8th January 2015 Read more