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The main two museums in Reading are the Museum of English Rural Life and the Reading Museum and Art Gallery. If you are interested in Ladybird books, you may be aware that there is a small but permanent exhibition of…
Read moreThis sale of Ladybird books took place some time ago. I leave the blog post here just as a record – and as a reminder of the inspirational generosity of some collectors. You’ve finally done it – you’ve got your…
Read moreJust before I went off on my holidays I led an evening session at the House of Illustration, the establishment in Kings Cross, London currently hosting the latest incarnation of the Ladybird Exhibition. My talk was on the reasons why…
Read moreThere are a lot of exhibitions taking place connected with Ladybird’s so-called ‘Centenary’ year. It’s quite hard to keep track of what has happened, what has been planned and what’s on. I thought a round-up might be helpful. 1) The…
Read moreWe’re lucky enough to live for part of the year in North Wales. Earlier this month I went to Anglesey, to the Oriel Ynys Môn Gallery to see the Ladybird Tunnicliffe exhibition that’s on till the end of the year. …
Read moreMaidstone Museum’s new exhibition: A Ladybird Childhood is having its preview tonight and opening tomorrow. I’d love to go to the preview – but it’s just to far from Hertfordshire in Friday evening traffic. I’m sure I’ll make it down…
Read moreabout the Timeshift documentary, a reminder of the forthcoming Ladybird ‘Centenary’: http://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/plans-pipeline-mark-ladybird-books-6414378
Read moreI was asked this week to write a post for the BBC TV blog. My post on the BBC Blog is now live: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/posts/The-Ladybird-Books-Story-How-Britain-Got-the-Reading-Bug
Read moreOne of my favourite TV programmes has to be Antiques Road Trip. I never miss one and am quite happy to watch repeats. I just find the format works really well, so when a BBC researcher got in touch to…
Read moreRather belatedly, here’s news of some of the Ladybird Land business I mentioned in my last post. Episode 1. The BBC4 Series Timeshift is going to do a whole long documentary on Ladybird Books! They’ve been getting in touch with…
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