Doesn’t The Old Stile Press ever do any work?

A few days ago, the weather man came on the television looking particularly pleased with himself and announced that there were to be a couple of superb days of almost universal sunshine before we sink yet further into Autumn. One of the many great things about being...

Editing the Garden . . .

This post is for Natalie d’Arbeloff – to take her mind off things for a bit. This morning was autumnally beautiful. We were to expect the arrival of some friends so, rather than start something I could not finish, I grabbed the camera. Encouraged by the...

Editing the Rocks

We’ve been down in Pembrokeshire for a few days, mostly improving our ‘Box’ with a bit of paint but also enjoying some glorious sun, all the more magical after, it seems, weeks of rain. A few months ago I posted some results of my fixation with...

A talk by Frances about her Papermaking

  I (that is Frances on this occasion) was recently asked to talk to IAPMA (the International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists) at their conference in Wadham College, Oxford. There were indeed papermakers from many countries discussing the...

Clive Hicks-Jenkins: triumphant exhibition opening

Over the years, we have been tremendously happy to have had the opportunity to work with our friend Clive Hicks-Jenkins to produce three large books and two small ones . . . and we are about to begin work on another, a very exciting development for us, news of which I...