I can teach you, but I have to charge. All views my own. he/him
Nov 17, 2021 • 25 tweets • 18 min read
Hello @chatarch! This short ‘presentation’ in linked tweets is a mini-investigation of my late grandmother’s collection of stolen airline cutlery and the life stories it might tell. @chatarch#pilgrimCHAT@CHATArch It’s rare that I fly far enough to get a meal, and a very long time since it came with metal cutlery – I don’t fly Business Class, and my grandma certainly never did. The newest items in her collection probably date back at least 20 or 30 years @chatarch#pilgrimCHAT
Apr 9, 2021 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
My late grandma kept a scrapbook of unflattering photos of the Royal Family with sarcastic handwritten captions. Here's some highlights
Aside from the photos, there's just one cutting in the scrapbook: an account of Phil's "controversial remarks".
Apr 20, 2020 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
Reading 'PEEPO!' as a WW2 material culture specialist: a thread. 1/12
Like me, PEEPO! first appeared in 1981, and is much loved by generations of tiny readers. It's a gentle story of a baby and the things he sees in and around his family home in wartime London. 2/12