Tom Armitage shared this. “@TopOutBrewery bottles all have an @OrdnanceSurvey contour map of a Scottish mountain on them with a route to the top. Great #mapsathome / #mapsinthewild depending on where you are drinking. Read more here: topoutbrewery.com The Staple pale ale is to die for! Oliver O’Brien also has […]
Geke van de Kamp pointed me to this pincushion posted by Emily Wells “The first #textiletreasure from Colonial Williamsburg is this pincushion map! This object is especially close to my heart due to its association with geography education. Published in London, this would have been an educational toy, likely intended […]
Paul Hardy sent us this pic from his holiday of a blind decorated with a repeating world map. “Attached is the map-decorated kitchen blind in the cottage at Trimingham in Norfolk (52°53’50″N 1°23’33″E) that we rented last week. I didn’t realise Greenland was so close to South America!”
My pal Elizabeth spotted these new season ladies silk skirt and blouse themed on Victorian travellers. These are pretty sweet.
Dave Lovell (yet again!) sent me these pictures from Verdant Works in Dundee. Dundee and the world of flax. Taken at https://www.verdantworks.co.uk/about/ which tells the story of Dundee’s industrial textile heritage in the atmospheric setting of a beautifully refurbished Mill building. Interesting there to see the impact of education on crime. Is […]
Reinder Storm shared this If you are at Vlieland, and order a cheese platter, then that platter has the shape of … yes, Vlieland.
Abi Page drew my attention to this piece of mappy needlework. #geography was the first science that was taught to girls. They were instructed to sew map samplers to learn. 🧵🗺️ Read about Margaret Montgomery’s map of Scotland circa 1800 at blog.nls.uk/marchs-map-of-… #WorldEmbroideryDay https:twitter.com/epunt I like that the bit of […]