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H: Super Fly S: Black music took flight from Suffolk’s USAF airbases – and now a project looking at their role is part of the Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music By Garry Booth
Black music took flight from Suffolk’s USAF airbases –and a project looking at their role was part of the Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music
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Robin and Lucienne Day
“A good design must fulfill its purpose well, be soundly constructed, and should express in its design this purpose and construction.” Robin Day, 1962 The post-war reconstruction was a dynamic...
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Paul Newman and Case Furniture
Founded in 2005 by designer and entrepreneur Paul Newman, Case Furniture was built on a simple but powerful idea: to bring great design to a wider audience at accessible prices....
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Sheridan Coakley, SCP and the Norfolk connection 40 years
For four decades, SCP has been a pioneering force in contemporary furniture and design. Founded by Sheridan Coakley in 1985, the company launched careers of designers like Jasper Morrison and...
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H: Nosey but nice S: Harry is stocking a range of scented candles made by an intriguing London startup
Harry CJ Wix is now stocking Nosey London — a small-batch candle company founded by husband-and-wife team David and Lucy Masters. Born from a chance encounter with candle-makers on a...
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H: CLOUD CUCKOO LAND S: Oliver Bennett gazes at Suffolk’s big skies with cloud-watcher Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Writer Oliver Bennett joins Gavin Pretor-Pinney — founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society and author of A Cloud A Day — to gaze at Suffolk's vast skies and rediscover the...
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Makers' Marks - David and Corin Mellor
David Mellor CBE was one of Britain's most influential designers, shaping everything from iconic cutlery to street furniture. His son Corin continues that legacy as creative director of David Mellor...
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Land & Place – Into the woods
The profound spirit of Suffolk’s old oaks can be found in Jeremy Young’s photographic book
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Land & Place – Jack Hollands, signwriter
Harry CJ Wix meets Jack Hollands, also known as Signwriting Jack – the graphic artist who created the new shop’s sign at 69 Thoroughfare
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Land & Place – Isokon in Suffolk
The revered modern design company Isokon, whose furniture is sold by Harry CJ Wix, has deep links with Suffolk
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Material Matters – In the limelight
Rossana Tich tries her hand at the ancient East Anglian practice of decorative lime plasterwork known as ‘pargeting’
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Land & Place – Bawdsey
Rosanna Tich visits Bawdsey Radar Museum – Britain’s innovative alarm bell.
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Makers' Marks – Dunwich Delft
With Dunwich Delft, Ed Wilson reimagines the ceramics of Suffolk’s sunken city.
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Material Matters – Suffolk’s brick lane
Corinna Dean visits Bulmer’s Bricks and Tiles and finds out how traditional materials can become the future of construction
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Makers’ Marks – Vicky Thornton
Harry discusses Suffolk life and the potter’s wheel with ceramicist and architect Vicky Thornton.
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Makers' Marks – Scofinn
Anneli Fleming-Brown is a Suffolk-based artist also known as Scofinn. She chats with Harry about mothers, grandmothers and domestic memories, having just returned to live in the county of her...
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Makers’ Marks – At Tiipoi, contemporary design meets Indian craft
For many years Bangalore-born Spandana Gopal successfully bridged the gap between India and the West through her art.
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Makers' Marks – Emily Campbell’s Pemberton Qwilts
Emily Campbell’s Pemberton Qwilts form a contemporary textile backdrop to life at Harry CJ Wix. Harry caught up with Emily in her Deptford Studio
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