The Compleat Antiquarian

Alexandra Llewellyn Backgammon

          My clever friend, Alexandra Llewellyn, makes (and sells) beautiful backgammon boards. She often uses stylish Victorian graphics which are then digitally printed directly onto the...

Alexandra Llewellyn Backgammon

          My clever friend, Alexandra Llewellyn, makes (and sells) beautiful backgammon boards. She often uses stylish Victorian graphics which are then digitally printed directly onto the...

Henry Moore at Glyndebourne

    To a rain soaked Glyndebourne yesterday to see a slightly 'iffy' production of Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos. Really wasn't sure about the second act which featured mental...

Henry Moore at Glyndebourne

    To a rain soaked Glyndebourne yesterday to see a slightly 'iffy' production of Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos. Really wasn't sure about the second act which featured mental...

Marmite Cars

We're driving back to London from Oxfordshire one Sunday evening, and suddenly we're playing tic-tac with a dark blue Rolls-Royce Camargue. On the M40. There's an interesting looking blonde dolly-bird...

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Marmite Cars

We're driving back to London from Oxfordshire one Sunday evening, and suddenly we're playing tic-tac with a dark blue Rolls-Royce Camargue. On the M40. There's an interesting looking blonde dolly-bird...

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Chess and the Elgin Marbles

If you start thinking about the great design classics over history, which one immediately springs to mind?  The Coca-Cola Bottle?  The Paper-Clip?  The Citroen 2CV?  The Supermarine Spitfire?  There's also...

Chess and the Elgin Marbles

If you start thinking about the great design classics over history, which one immediately springs to mind?  The Coca-Cola Bottle?  The Paper-Clip?  The Citroen 2CV?  The Supermarine Spitfire?  There's also...

Kate Plays Chess

Here's Juergen Teller's recent photograph of Ms Moss about to make a winning move. I couldn't resist it. 

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Kate Plays Chess

Here's Juergen Teller's recent photograph of Ms Moss about to make a winning move. I couldn't resist it. 

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The Garden of David Hicks

I've always been a huge fan of David Hicks- even in those dark dark days when he was no longer flavour of the month. In the '80's, as a rather...

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The Garden of David Hicks

I've always been a huge fan of David Hicks- even in those dark dark days when he was no longer flavour of the month. In the '80's, as a rather...

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