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This gorgeous tea towel features a striking reproduction of a vintage flower pressing tutorial. (Obviously picking wild flowers is now illegal in Britain, so please press responsibly.) Made from 100% natural cotton.Comes in a cotton bag.Measures: 80 x 47cm.
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This tea towel reproduces a 19th-century classroom teaching aid of the night sky - beautiful and useful. Made from 100% natural cotton.Comes in a cotton bag.Measurements: 80 cm x 47 cm while bagged: 9.5cm x 7.5 cm.
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Brush up on your colour theory whilst drinking your cuppa with this set of coasters, featuring images of colour and refraction from a late 19th century teaching aid. Set of four cork backed, lacquer coated coasters.Gift boxed.Measures 10 cm x 10 cm.Vegan.
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Brush up on your colour theory whilst doing the dishes with this beautiful tea towel, featuring a diagram of colour and refraction from a late 19th century teaching aid. 100% cotton tea towel.Comes tied with a ribbon.Measures 70 cm x 50 cm.Vegan.
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Two stanzas of the 17th Century song The Goose on the Common decorate this tea towel, reminding us of the enclosures of common land - a nationwide breach of an ancient social contract which changed Britain for ever. The accompanying painting is by Antonio Montemezzo....
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Based on the Classic Penguin tri-band cover of Viriginia Woolf's famed feminist polemic, this screen-printed tea towel is the perfect addition to any literary kitchen. Measures approximately 74 x 47cm. 100% cotton. Care guide: Machine washable.
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This gorgeous tea towel features a beautiful chart of wildflower specimens from a late 19c teaching aid. Made from 100% natural cotton.Comes in a cotton bag.Measures: 80 x 47cm.
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This tea towel is based on William Morris’s design for the membership card of the Democratic Federation, Britain's first organised socialist party. 100% premium cotton (heavy weight, textured finish). Stitched on all four sides. Measures approximately 48 x 73cm. Machine wash at 40 degrees max.We...
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This is what happens when you let academics loose on Clement Clarke Moore's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. We feel it perfectly captures the excitement created by an 'imminent visitation from an eccentric philanthropist' in his 'miniature airborne runnered conveyance'. And a very 'ecstatic Yuletide...
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Ever found yourself struggling to explain the difference between Great Britain (the landmass plus northern isles) and the United Kingdom (the country)? Or maybe you didn't even realise there was a difference! This handy tea towel explains all. An original design for Present Indicative. Care...
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This cotton tea towel features Plecotus auritus (brown long-eared bat) and Megaderma frons, (now known as Lavia frons, from Central Africa) beautifully illustrated by Charles Dessalines D'Orbigny in images taken from the 1892 edition of Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle. 100% cotton tea towel.Comes tied with...
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Seven of the commonest household bacteria are on our teatowel! Printed on it, at least, in suitably nasty colours. An original design for Present Indicative by Geoff Sawers. Care guide: Machine washable (but you could also boil it or scrub it with carbolic soap). Approximately...
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ICYMI. Present Indicative will donate £1 to the NHS Charities Together Fund for every one of these tea towels sold. OVER £1000 RAISED SO FAR, Thank you!!! Care guide: Machine washable. Approximately 78 x 48 cm. 100% cotton.
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Malcolm X (1925-1965) was an American civil rights activist best known for his controversial advocacy for black rights and his indictment of white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential...
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During Mandela's 27 years in prison it was illegal in South Africa to quote his words or have photograph of him, but this did not stop him from becoming a global symbol of the fight against tyranny. The words on this tea towel are from...
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One of the most globally-famous civil rights activists, Dr Martin Luther King was given the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 at the age of just 35. His tactics (carried out with unending vigour) were inspired by Ghandi - be non-violent, but push as hard as you...
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This striking design combines the dove of peace with the rainbow of diversity, and features a quote from Desmond Tutu, a South African social rights activist who became the first black Archbishop of Cape Town and rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an...
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Alan Turing designed some of the earliest computers and was pivotal in the cracking of the Enigma code used by the German Navy. Tragically, his accomplishments were never fully recognised during his lifetime due to his homosexuality, then a crime in the UK. In 1952 he...
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In 1936, 20,000 anti-fascists fought to stop the deliberately provocative and threatening march through the East End of London by Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists; 150 were arrested and 175 injured, but the interlopers were not allowed to pass.This design is based on The Battle...
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This gorgeous tea towel features a vintage image of some of the flowering plants, bees and their hive, used in the production of honey. Made from 100% natural cotton.Comes in a cotton bag.Measures: 80 x 47cm.
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A shattering political act founded on one person's simple human self-respect - what better reason to remember someone's name? Rosa Parks' words and image are screen-printed onto this high quality tea towel. Half Panama unbleached cotton (heavy weight, textured finish). Stitched on all four sides. Measures approximately...
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This gorgeous tea towel features an array of 19th century images of beautiful butterflies. Made from 100% natural cotton.Comes in a cotton bag.Measures: 80 x 47cm.
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This gorgeous tea towel reproduces a vintage 19th century French classroom chart of 21 crustaceans, with names given at the bottom of the tea towel. Made from 100% natural cotton.Comes in a cotton bag.Measures: 80 x 47cm.
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This gorgeous tea towel reproduces a vintage French textbook page showing a variety of colourful insects. Made from 100% natural cotton.Comes in a cotton bag.Measures: 80 x 47cm.
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This gorgeous tea towel reproduces a vintage French textbook page showing a variety of colourful tropical plants. Made from 100% natural cotton.Comes in a cotton bag.Measures: 80 x 47cm.
