Category Archives: things magazine

An apology

Posted on April 8, 2013 by things magazine

You may have noticed that things has been limping along for the past few months, with infrequent updates and not a whole lot of enthusiasm and energy (with notable exceptions). We apologise to regular readers but suspect the slide down … Continue reading →

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A thing-searcher

Posted on January 7, 2013 by things magazine

‘I don’t know what you’ve got in mind,’ said Pippi, ‘but I’m not the sort to lie around. I’m a thing-searcher, you see. And that means I never have a moment to spare.’ ‘What did you say you were?’ asked … Continue reading →

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One of these things is not like the other thing

Posted on January 4, 2013 by things magazine

Happy new year. We’ve had a gratifying amount of feedback to our last post of 2012, a short discussion of the internet of things and the realm of the superficial, the analogy of the curiosity cabinet and its potentially damaging … Continue reading →

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Cabinets, cases, collecting and display

Posted on December 20, 2012 by things magazine

And so we find ourselves on the edge of the year, without all that much inclination to look back (that’s a job that others can do with so much more depth and expertise). Things magazine feels increasingly marginal, hovering on … Continue reading →

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A short break

Posted on July 24, 2012 by things magazine

things will be (even more) sporadic for a few weeks. Have a nice summer.

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Catalogues and Collections, part 2

Posted on May 18, 2012 by things magazine

/ Things magazine is always looking, but the sad reality is that if it’s not on the internet it doesn’t exist for us. And that’s a problem. Our own archives are a case in point; until we get our house … Continue reading →

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Time for Change

Posted on February 1, 2012 by things magazine

The Gunpowder Plot: exploding the legend, a science-y look at what a lot of barrels of Seventeenth Century gunpowder might have done to parliament. Talking of London cellars, apparently the wine cellars of Devonshire House, the London seat of the … Continue reading →

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Back issue special offer

Posted on August 10, 2011 by things magazine

We’ve been digging through the archives and it turns out that there aren’t many physical copies of things left. The only issues we are still able to sell are 08, 09, 13, 14, 16, 17/18 and the current issue, 19/20. … Continue reading →

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Seasons greetings

Posted on December 22, 2010 by things magazine

things is on a seasonal hiatus. We will see you in 2011.

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Test post

Posted on December 16, 2010 by things magazine

Just checking the shift from WordPress.com to WordPress.org. As you can see, we’ve lost a little bit in translation. A few tweaks are obviously needed, so we’ll endeavour to get everything back to how it was as soon as possible. … Continue reading →

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