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73Collecting Troika Pottery
Troika pottery was designed and produced in the Sixties in St Ives, Cornwall, by Leslie Illsley and Benny Sirota. Its designs represented architectural forms and shapes: pottery simply as an art form. ...
1 comment71Collecting Beswick Animals
If you mention collecting Beswick animals immediately spring to mind and Beswick has had a reputation for ceramic sculptures of animals that is second to none. Although there were a number of years when...
1 comment68Collecting Vintage Fountain Pens
In this age of the word processor we have completely lost the art of producing hand written notes and therefore have little use for fountain pens. If we do hand-write anything we tend to use a cheap ball...
0 comments71Collecting Men's Vintage Watches
Once upon a time vintage watches were solely for collectors, but nowadays they are fast becoming the essential 'must haves'. Men's magazines when portraying the 'smart' look tend to feature expensive modern...
0 comments70Buying Antiques from Salvage Yards
Reclamation or salvage yards offer an Aladdin's cove of items, from Victorian cast-iron fireplaces to old garden statues and solid oak floorboards. All these treasures have been saved from renovated or...
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69Create the perfect Winter Fire
Now that the nights are drawing in and winter is on its way what could be nicer than the comforting warmth of a log fire to take the chill out of the winter evenings. Burning wood is a sustainable way to heat...
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67Improving the Mixed Border
Take a long look at your beds and borders and take note of anything that you don't like. There may be tall plants masking small plants and there are probably plants that have been struggling for a couple of...
2 comments62Collecting Kitchenalia
Over the last few years Kitchenalia has become extremely collectable. Perhaps we are reminded of our grandmothers' kitchens and the smell of freshly baked bread and cakes. If you fancy doing out your...
2 comments73Collecting Whitefriars Glass
It was only a few years ago that Whitefriars glass was completely ignored by collectors, yet now the prices for its Banjo and Drunken Bricklayer vases are around £1,000 each. Not so long ago you could...
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75Dublin, Ireland - your first visit
If you are visiting Dublin for the first time you are probably wondering where you should start and what you should see. This will depend entirely on your interests and reason for visiting Dublin. You may...
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