The BBC Blog
I 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 more18th December 2013
Official Advert for Ladybird Books documentary
To millions of people, Ladybird Books were as much a part of childhood as battery powered torches and warm school milk. These now iconic pocket sized books once informed us on such diverse subjects as how magnets work, what to…
Read moreA date for the Timeshift Ladybird Books documentary
And in this festival of Ladybird loveliness, I find out when the Ladybird Book documentary is due to be screened. The date I’ve just been given is …December 22nd.BBC4. For old/vintage Ladybird Book fans out there, this has GOT to…
Read moreI SO did not say …
Just watched today’s Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Be it known …I SO did not say that I had the world’s largest private collection of Ladybird Books! They just made that up! Here’s the link to the episode on iPlayer. The…
Read moreCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
One 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 more21st October 2013
Spot the Ladybird – your help needed
I’m often asked to help someone identify a dearly remembered book from the odd line or description of a picture. Often I can do it – but this one may be a bit modern for me. Can anyone help? Ladybird…
Read moreTimeshift – BBC4
Rather 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…
Read moreBusy busy in Ladybird Land
The normal tranquillity of Ladybird Land has been rather disrupted lately. For one reason or another, there have been lots of journalists and programme makers looking into the subject. The main reason seems to be the forthcoming ‘centenary’ of Ladybird. …
Read moreRobert Lumley and Well Loved Tales – 606d
Robert Lumley and Eric Winter are the two artists I am most often asked about. This reflects the enduring popularity of the 27 Well Loved Tales titles issued between 1964 (starting with Cinderella) until The Musicians of Bremen (1974). (For…
Read moreB H Robinson – Ladybird artist
I’ve just made a new page about the life and work of the Ladybird artist B H Robinson. He illustrated a large number of books for Ladybird in the late 70s and 80s, including ‘Horses’ ‘Dogs’ and many of the…
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