Light in a Dark Place
This is a story I have been given permission to share – although I don’t know the name of the original narrator:
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Below you’ll find interviews and information on Ladybird Book artists, writers and other figures significant in the Ladybird story. You’ll find a broader overview here.
This is a story I have been given permission to share – although I don’t know the name of the original narrator:
Read moreA guest post by historian Adam Chapman, inspired by a picture by Ladybird artist Ronald Lampitt “A Farm in February is the title of this ‘Picture to Talk About’, published in Treasure Magazine, 1963. But what Ronald Lampitt’s illustration does…
Read moreMost people come to vintage-Ladybird-appreciation after using the books in childhood. A few people come to appreciate them as adults. But one of the strangest routes I’ve yet come across is via an Indonesian biscuit tin. Last month a lady…
Read moreI know the saccharine sweetness of the book cover above will be too much for some people, but this book should be a special one to Ladybird book collectors and is particularly significant to me. Let me explain why. 1)…
Read moreCharles Tunnicliffe – by close friend and fellow-artist Kyffin Williams. I thought I would share it here (lightly abridged) because it offers a beautiful and personal insight into the man and his work
Read morePart of the pleasure of re-reading the ‘People at Work’ books today is that, unlike so many Ladybirds which dealt with fiction, history or Nature – their stated aim was to show children contemporary, urban Britain. But when the contemporary…
Read moreLast week, on the anniversary of Howard Carter first looking into the tomb of Tutankhamun and glimpsing “Wonderful Things!” – I tweeted a suitable illustration from Ladybird book (of course). But just the week before, I had had my own…
Read moreMany of us today who have a love of history may feel this is in part due to the vivid and enthralling Ladybird illustrations in the history books that they grew up with. On Thursday 13th of June, a plaque…
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