Issue 188, Spring 2020

In issue Nº 188  ·  Spring  2020 // Showcase: Harald Richter’s collection of apple wrappers / Pete Hawkes, I-Spy: an age of innocence / Julie Anne Lambert: The art of advertising: layers of meaning / Ray Bishop: Memories of the Silver Arrows, 1934–9 / Amoret Tanner: Bookplates – a brief history with some suggestions for making a collection / Sally de Beaumont / Notes & Queries / Mrs Pepys’ Diary / Ephemera Detective / Events / Digital Life / Classified 

Welcome to Issue No 188 of The Ephemerist. Many ephemerists will agree that seemingly insignificant fragments from the past can be extraordinarily evocative in a way that more formal records cannot. Two examples of this in this issue are Pete Hawkes’ memories of ‘spotting and tracking’ in his home town of Chesham in ‘I-Spy: an age of innocence’, and Ray Bishop’s nostalgic description of the legend from his childhood in ‘Memories of the Silver Arrows, 1934 – 9’. We are thrilled to have an original piece about themes of the current exhibition at the Bodleian, ‘The art of advertising: layers of meaning’. Get there if you can ! These insights, along with our regular columns Notes and Queries, Mrs Pepys and The Ephemera Detective make another unmissable issue. Enjoy! The Editor