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USA
From the book ‘Britain between West and East’ a Contact Publication. This illustrates the following… “In the political warfare of the USA, American labour’s support has never been given exclusively either to Democrats or Republicans.”

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London
From Bartholomew’s illustrated map series ‘Looking at London’ 1977.

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Solar System
The Solar System of sun and planets travelling anti-clockwise round it. From ‘Odhams Encyclopaedia for Children’.

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Educational map
Geographical terms in picture and map. From ‘Philips’ Pictorial Atlas of the World showing where and how people live (West Riding of Yorkshire Edition)’.

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Russia
From the cover of ‘Russia – around the World Program’ by the American Geographical Society, 1963.

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Route 50
Map of Route 50 Nevada ‘The Loneliest Road’ from the commission of tourism c. 2001.

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British shipping weather forecast areas
From ‘Seaway Code – a guide for small boat users’. Prepared by the Department of Trade and the Central Office of Information, 1976.

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Arctic Circle
Taken from ‘St Michael Picture Atlas’ by David and Jill Wright, 1982.

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I picked up several Know the Game books on a recent trip to the Yorkshire Dales. They are British education books giving an illustrated introduction to sports and hobbies. E.P. Publishing covered about 80 subjects, regularly updating them with new content, covers and illustrations to reflect the times.
View the full set on Flickr

I love film and unique cinemas. Miniciné perfectly combines these two passions. They are a non-profit film society operating in the smallest cinema in the north of England. The 26 seat cinema in Leeds Industrial Museum is created from a reclaimed Edwardian picturehouse. The films are well chosen with a short documentary preceding the film. Our main attraction was Chop Shop. We grabbed a cuppa, piece of cake, soaked up the surroundings and sat back to enjoy the film.

When Paddy Hamilton of Dungeness Studios got in touch requesting a print swap I jumped at the chance. I chose a print from his online shop and opted for the beautiful The Point, a limited edition linocut print. It’s now taken pride of place on the office mantel piece and a lovely edition it is!

Set in the old Methodist School Room in Reeth. The Swaledale Museum is lovely, bright and friendly place to spend an hour or two.

My In Radiolab We Trust prints arrived yesterday. They are even more lovely than I had expected. Jez Burrows has collated the Gocco prints from five illustrators and artists. The money raised goes towards the fantastic Radiolab and each print illustrates one of the episodes, including my favourite Parasites illustrated by the talented Jessica Hische.

A find from York carboot sale last weekend. This 1970s bunting is a wonderful souvenir of someone’s camping holidays. View all the bunting on Flickr.

We have settled into our lovely new office and eventually got round to doing a 360 virtual tour. See it in action on the about us page.

This month was York Open Studios. A great chance to potter around the city and look at art. Also a sneeky peek into studios and houses. Mark Hearld’s home is a treasure trove of delight.

I inherited a set of plywood mid-century modern chairs from my Grandparents. I’ve always wondered where they came from and their designer. This week the lovely folks at Firefly House popped by for a meeting and cheeky pint. They kindly tweeted the chairs to see if anyone could enlighten us. Within half an hour Home Spun Vintage had come up trumps with the all the details. I can now confirm they are Neil Morris ‘Bambi’ chairs. Hooray! After a little looking around on the internet I quickly came across these beauties – Toby Arm Chairs – oh dear, I need more space for more chairs.