Month: August 2018

Losing your marbles

An insight into a centuries-old childhood tradition. These marbles have been produced using the power of water. The way they are...

Rags to riches

Turning your shirts into books. This Gem is a picture that tells a story of its own origin: a sketch...

Artist, soldier, criminal, monk

This sketch was drawn by the eccentric and enigmatic Karl Wood, only two years before he was sent to prison....

Gems of the Archive: Tilting at Windmills

On my first day at the Mills Archive, my preconceived notions of quaint Dutch windmills were quickly blown away and...

Tilting at windmills

“Those over there are not giants but windmills.” You’ve probably heard the common phrase ’tilting at windmills’, which, as the...

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