This Victorian valentines card is just a beautiful piece of folk art. It pulls out to reveal a three dimensional scene of two young folk sitting together with a church in the background...
Nearly time to confront the exquisite dilemma of What To Read Next. Really enjoyed this impressive novel - so good for style, content and characterisation.
@orionbooks#Reading#novels
A #vauxhall moment, returning back from a work visit to @sheenbookshop.
Why, btw, do I always see so many serious #cyclists in Sheen (as in dedicated, not grim)?
The Cambridge to King's Lynn Line30 Years of Electrificationby Mike Beckett.
A fantastic photographic record of the line’s many changes, the author has drawn on his own collection to produce this #NewBook@railexpressmvnt.us/m1430160#Trains#Cambridge#KingsLynn
With all new images depicting this historic market town, our delightful #NewBook Bury St Edmunds Through Time Revisitedby Martyn Taylor is a riveting & well-illustrated account of the town's fascinating past. @EADT24mvnt.us/m1428816#BuryStEdmunds#Suffolk
Taking a nostalgic train ride with our riveting #NewBook British Rail Through the 1980sby Stephen Dance.
With an array of superb photographs, Dance presents a fascinating overview of the railway scene in Britain in the 1980s. @railexpressmvnt.us/m1429014#Trains
Uncovering the strange era of 'scientific witch-hunting' in a book that challenges the old image of the Enlightenment as stemming from the split between science and magic.
"Engagingly written" - Clive Prince
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A fascinating Word of Mouth - with @MichaelRosenYes & academic Michael Bond - on the vocabulary of fandom, from cosplay through to how football fans react to victory & defeat. A tribute, if nothing else, to the ever-tumbling acrobat that is the human mind.
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ALT Yellow tiger on a blue background and an orange box containing the call for STEM themed submissions (ie Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) plus the information that the deadline is 20 August
London Transport Buses, Trams and Trolleybuses in PreservationMalcolm Batten.
Marking 90 years of #LondonTransport this #NewBook is a superb selection of images & celebrates its buses, trams and trolleybuses in preservation. @bus_coachbuyermvnt.us/m1429029#London