Operation Mincemeat
We very much enjoyed seeing on the big screen the newly released Warner Bros film Operation Mincemeat with a lovely Imperial "Good Companion" No 1 ...
Read moreWe very much enjoyed seeing on the big screen the newly released Warner Bros film Operation Mincemeat with a lovely Imperial "Good Companion" No 1 ...
Read moreWe rather take it for granted that now we can use computer keyboards to type in different fonts and use different symbols with relative ease.But ba...
Read moreWe have sold over 4000 restored working vintage and antique typewriters over the past 12 years now and continue to deliver our Charlie Foxtrot typ...
Read moreLast month we very kindly received a signed copy of Tom Hank's book " Uncommon Type " which arrived with a lovely letter from the man himself typed...
Read moreBy Robert Messenger A shiny black Remington Model 2 portable typewriter used by Agatha Christie would seem an unusual inclusion in an Egyptian co...
Read moreBy Robert Messenger The late Nigel Hawthorne (of Yes, Minister fame) once bemoaned the fact that the great British playwright Alan Bennett used a ...
Read moreBy Robert Messenger Peter Black wrote in The Guardian just before Christmas 1990. “It’s hard to believe that a writer who so often described his cr...
Read moreThe slimline beauty that has produced great literary works By Robert Messenger The Hermes Baby portable typewriter was the weapon of choice for man...
Read moreA Lighter Portrayal of Hunter S. Thompson By Robert Messenger When Amazon started selling Chinese-made Royal portable typewriters a few years ago, ...
Read moreWhen Small Size Meant Big Production By Robert Messenger During almost three-quarters of a half-century career in sports writing, I carried portabl...
Read moreJ.B. Priestley gave it a name, Enid Blyton used it By Robert Messenger British author J.B. Priestley gave a typewriter model its name, yet he prefe...
Read moreThis weekend see's the hosting of the UK premiere of California Typewriter, a documentary that celebrates the typewriter in all its forms, featurin...
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