easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in inspiration, shoes, shopping on Dec 27th, 2008
Paul gave this book to me for Christmas. It is simultaneously both the best and the worst book that I have ever owned!
Handmade Shoes for Men tells you pretty much everything you need to know about making men’s shoes by hand. The only automated part of the process is the carving of individually-tailored lasts. Every other [...]
Posted in inspiration on Sep 15th, 2008
It’s my birthday today, and thanks to the power of the Wish List I am now the extremely happy recipient of (amongst other things) a veritable mountain of books, CDs and DVDs.
I think this picture tells you more about me than you could ever wish to know!
Swinging Sixties belongs to an exhibition that I went [...]
Posted in culture on Jul 21st, 2008
I think it might be safe to say that my bedside reading mountain is getting a little out of control!
As you can see from this picture, I don’t tend to read a lot of fiction these days. This makes the book on the very top of the pile a bit intimidating.
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Posted in culture on May 23rd, 2007
I’m reading the most fantastic book at the moment - The Way We Wore, by Robert Elms. It’s about one man, and the importance of his clothes as he grows up. It’s a social history, and a sartorial autobiography.
Robert Elms is half a generation older than me, so some of the earlier parts of the [...]