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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a stroll around the magnificent ‘Cezanne et Nous’ exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris: thesilverlocket.com/cezanne-et-n...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a celebration of the exquisite stationery shops of Paris: thesilverlocket.com/the-particul...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Join me in my blog post today as I admire John Minton’s Bankside, inspired by his paintings made for Lilliput magazine in July 1947: thesilverlocket.com/john-mintons...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a game of chess, inspired by our childhood set of 12th century Lewis chessmen, made from a kit using plaster of Paris: thesilverlocket.com/a-game-of-ch...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a look at my precious book of reading recommendations by my dear colleagues @dauntbooks.bsky.social - which book would you choose for me in retirement? I would love to know. thesilverlocket.com/a-book-of-bo...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Join me in my blog post today as I mark my retirement from Daunt Books. After over forty years of bookselling nothing captures me quite so well as these drawings by Rachel, Gemma, Luke, Danny, Sarah and Daniel done for me in Bristol in the late 90s. thesilverlocket.com/julia-a-book...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

If you are interested in owning one of these 1940s Lilliputs do get in touch: thesilverlocket.com/product/lill...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Join me in my blog post today as I put my feet up and immerse myself in the extraordinary world of Lilliput magazine. Kaye Webb met Ronald Searle here whilst working as assistant editor in the 1940s. Cover illustration by Walter Trier. thesilverlocket.com/the-wonderfu...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a walk in the woods as I celebrate the great English Oak tree: thesilverlocket.com/the-mighty-o...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a look at some translations of the Odyssey old and new: thesilverlocket.com/the-odyssey/

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a day out in Piccadilly,where I enjoyed the RA’s Summer Exhibition, Hatchards and Fortnum’s. Sometimes it’s good to be a tourist for the day! thesilverlocket.com/a-day-out-in...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Join me in my blog post today as I follow in my father’s footsteps for a tour of the Bodleian library in Oxford. Also shown here are my father and his beloved Queen’s College library: thesilverlocket.com/a-visit-to-t...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Join me in my blog post today for the captivating story of Errol le Cain’s childhood in India: thesilverlocket.com/errol-le-cai...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Calling all boarding school story fans! For sale in the Silver Locket shop;: thesilverlocket.com/product/dims...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a dive into the intriguing art of rebus puzzles: thesilverlocket.com/the-intrigui...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

For sale in the Silver Locket shop today: two lovely books by Edward Ardizzone: thesilverlocket.com/product/sket... thesilverlocket.com/product/the-...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a celebration of Aldeburgh’s magnificent Hollyhock season: thesilverlocket.com/hollyhock-se...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

In my blog post today the heatwave reminds me of the summer of 1976 when I learnt to swim in a Scottish loch. My mother’s drawings take me back there: thesilverlocket.com/heatwave/

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

In my blog post today Clive Hicks Jenkins shares a beloved book jacket illustration by Eric Fraser: thesilverlocket.com/the-beggars-...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

In my blog post today a chance discovery in the woods near Snape takes me back to childhood and Eeyore’s house by E.H. Shepard: thesilverlocket.com/eeyores-house:

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Join me in my blog post today as I discover the wonderful world of letterpress printer, animator and master of the art of the pochoir technique of illustration, Vance Gerry: thesilverlocket.com/vance-gerry-...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a celebration of Eric Fraser’s work for Radio Times: thesilverlocket.com/the-complete...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a tour of the first coffee houses Inspired by this marvellous map by Adam Dant: thesilverlocket.com/the-london-c...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

In my blog post today I celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s centenary with a special letter from my shoebox of treasures: thesilverlocket.com/on-a-very-sp...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Join me in my blog post today asI celebrate the sheer exuberance of the design for the coronation mugs by Eric Ravilious: thesilverlocket.com/eric-ravilio...

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foldedsunset.bsky.social @foldedsunset.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

“On International Workers’ Day, we celebrate the work of women who shape the fabric of our lives but who are too often unseen.” Portraits from Sarah Ainslie’s WOMEN AT WORK, currently being crowdfunded for publication this autumn. @thegentleauthor.bsky.social spitalfieldslife.com/2026/05/01/o...

Liz Hollingsworth, Firefighter, Shoreditch Fire Station, 1992

Annette Wakerley, Locksmith, Roman Rd 2018

Ivy Harris & E Vidal, Cleaners, Homerton Hospital, Hackney 1992

Book cover of Sarah Ainslie’s book, Women at Work, showing a mechanic in a hackney cab garage.

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Join me in my blog post today as I explore the work of photographer Sarah Ainslie and learn about the current project with @thegentleauthor.bsky.social to publish a book of her magnificent portraits of Women at Work. thesilverlocket.com/sarah-ainsli...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a celebration of Rosemary Sutcliff and Charles Keeping: thesilverlocket.com/rosemary-sut...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a celebration of Puffin Picture Books, inspired by my visit to the Noel Carrington exhibition at the Higgins Bedford. thesilverlocket.com/noel-carring...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

In my blog post today I reflect on Artemis 11’s mission to the moon and what moon gazing means to me: thesilverlocket.com/the-dark-sid...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

On Easter Sunday, a favourite poem by A E Houseman, illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker. thesilverlocket.com/on-easter-su...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a celebration of the beautiful King Penguin books: thesilverlocket.com/product/a-pr...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I love the illustrations in the story of Cheerful, the church mouse who longs for the country, by Palmer Brown. A perfect story for Easter, for sale in the Silver Locket shop: thesilverlocket.com/product/chee...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a celebration of Ruth Artmonsky who died last month. I collect her beautiful series of books on neglected areas of mid twentieth century design and have enjoyed reading about her life. thesilverlocket.com/ruth-artmons...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

For sale today in the Silver Locket shop: a beautiful picture book set on the Cornish coast which brings back memories of childhood: thesilverlocket.com/product/the-...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Join me in my blog post today for the story of the Pet Lamb: a rhyming tale in the tradition of ‘the House that Jack Built’: thesilverlocket.com/the-pet-lamb/

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

In my blog post today a chance encounter with this extraordinary drawing by David Gentleman takes me back to my day exploring Orford Ness: thesilverlocket.com/orford-ness/

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

In my blog post today some thoughts on writing style courtesy of my late father’s tendency to write on the back of any paper that came to hand: thesilverlocket.com/on-writing/

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

In my blog post today my sister and I sit down and share our memories of early childhood, inspired by Joe Brainard’s book ‘I Remember’: thesilverlocket.com/i-remember/

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

In this week’s blog post: a poem for Valentine’s Day thesilverlocket.com/come-be-my-v...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a tour of the irresistible art of the delicatessen counter, inspired by Wayne Thiebaud: thesilverlocket.com/the-irresist...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Join me in my blog post today in a celebration of Leonard Rosoman’s illustrations for Harvey’s of Bristol: thesilverlocket.com/leonard-roso...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

For sale in my Silver Locket shop today: something special which takes me back to childhood. thesilverlocket.com/product/thre...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Join me in my blog post today as I celebrate Burns Night with the help of John Broadley’s marvellous illustrations for Quo Vadis Soho. thesilverlocket.com/on-burns-nig...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Join me in my blog post today for a delicious pastry from George Fuest’s Populations bakery: thesilverlocket.com/starting-the...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

For sale in the Silver Locket shop: this version of the Arabian Nights with illustrations by Pauline Baynes is a jewel of a book; thesilverlocket.com/product/the-...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Join me in my blog post today in celebrating the 90th anniversary of Penguin Books: thesilverlocket.com/penguin-book...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

For sale in the Silver Locket shop, a lovely copy of harlequinade by Noel Streatfeild with gorgeous colour lithographs by Clarke Hutton: thesilverlocket.com/product/harl...

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The Silver Locket @thesilverlocket.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

For sale in the Silver Locket shop; Conran Quant: swinging London, a Lifestyle Revolution. thesilverlocket.com/product/conr...

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