wbb I saw these lovely rusty tractors at the South Suffolk Show. Most of the old tractors were in better condition than when they were new, so these two stood out.


This is a tractor too, but it has these 'tracks' like on a tank.


This old thresher is in fine working condition, and looks pretty in pink ...


and this old steam engine seems to have been modified - with all that piping and the radiator on the front. Beautiful!

wbb I am working on a follow up to 'and the train goes...' with my friends at Walker Books. This one is about a traffic jam, and should be in book shops next May.


wbb Bought these cardboard signs in Rye - 80p each. No idea what I am going to do with them ...

wbb This is a fantastic exhibition:
Johan Zoffany RA : Society Observed
Royal Academy until 10 June.
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/johan-zoffany-ra-society-observed/


wbb Fine Bookshops number 1:
A and Y Cummings
84 High Street Lewes Sussex BN7 1XN England
tel : 01273 472319


wbb Visited 'Monks House' the Sussex home of Leonard and Virginia Woolf. The house is interesting - although only the ground floor is open to the public, but the garden is wonderful. Well worth walking around the village too, especially the Church yard - which backs onto Monks House.









wbb At last this famous book has been reprinted. As the blurb below says, the original printing plates were destroyed in the war. Tragically Ravilious himself was killed whist working as a war artist with the RAF.

First published in 1938, this classic book introduces the British high street, pairing the timeless illustrations of Eric Ravilious with an engaging text by architectural historian J.M. Richards. Shops include the family butcher, the coach builder, the cheesemonger, the knife grinder and the oyster bar. Only 2000 copies of the original book were printed before the lithographic plates were destroyed in the London Blitz. As a result, it has become one of the most collectable of all artist's books from this period. This beautiful facsimile edition features Ravilious's illustrations in exquisite colour and includes an essay by V&A curator Gill Saunders placing the book and its history into context.





















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