Phil Beard
Thursday, 8 January 2026

Bridge Postcards of 2025

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A selection of vintage postcard views of bridges acquired in 2025, beginning in Dresden with a record low water level on the River Elbe. A c...
Saturday, 27 December 2025

Lucian Bernhard (1883-1972)

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My admiration for the radical and pioneering poster work produced by Lucian Bernhard in the early years of the last century, knows no bound...
Tuesday, 23 December 2025

Punch Almanack 1925 - the World of Advertising

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Looking back one hundred years when mass circulation printed journals were still expanding their sales and the advertising industry was depe...
Monday, 22 December 2025

Punch Almanack 1925 - the World of Cartooning

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The Punch Almanack for 1925 offers a snapshot from 100 years ago of a long defunct popular humorous magazine.   Contributors had a long trad...
Saturday, 29 November 2025

Past and Present No. 13 - Axminster

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Axminster is a small market town in East Devon with a long association with carpet making. Close to the centre of town, at the foot of Castl...
Wednesday, 26 November 2025

High Level Bridge over the Tyne

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The ensemble of bridges old and new that cross the River Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead offers an unusually varied assortment of types...
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Mostly water. Oxygen (65.0%) Carbon (18.5%) Hydrogen (9.5%) Nitrogen (3.2%) Calcium (1.5%) Phosphorus (1.0%) Potassium (0.4%) Sulphur (0.3%) Sodium (0.2% Chlorine (0.2%) Magnesium (0.1%) Iodine (0.1%) Iron (0.1%) Chromium (trace) Cobalt (trace) Copper (trace) Fluorine (trace) Manganese (trace) Molybdenum (trace) Selenium (trace) Tin (trace) Vanadium (trace) Zinc (trace)
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