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The International Psychology of the Green Man

Whilst travelling we noticed some interesting social commentary going on in the various approaches different nations have towards crossing the road. In Berlin and Leipzig people always wait for the illumination of the Green Man. Our friend was prevented from crossing the road by a 20 yr old anarchist who explained that it sets a

InterInterInter in Borealis Festival, Bergen

Next week we’ll be off to Bergen in Norway with the group InterInterInter for the Borealis Festival.  At the PrInterPrInterPrInter blog, dedicated to this project, you’ll be able to take part in what we’re doing through the comment facilities and see what we’re doing as it happens! You can also see stuff at the InterInterInter blog, and

Ballad #1 with Jon Bilbrough

We had a great night last weekend when we performed our first live print music ballad with Jon Bilbrough at Stoke Newington International airport for the London Word Festival. The last few copies are available through our order form, or if you stop us in the street and ask for one {saves on postage}. Most

Ballad Show at London Word Festival 7/3/09

We’ve been asked to come up with a show for the London Word Festival so we will be performing with Indie-folk musician Jon Bilbrough at the Stoke Newington International Airport on Saturday 7th March, probably taking to the stage around 8.30pm. There will be music and live printing and a new publication available in and on the night!  When

Atheist Bus Fun

You know what buses are like, you wait ages for one and then two come at once Ping*s Bus

Snowstorm completely destroys British Isles

We include a clipping from our local paper, the ‘East London Errata’, from 03 Feb 2009: Snowfall yesterday cost british businesses millions of billions of pounds. Confused citizens were baffled to discover Britain has no heavy duty snow ploughs to get desperate commuters to all-important jobs, despite heavy snowfall at least twice in 20 years.

Boost your portfolio, with ‘Credit Crunch’

We know times are hard. People are finding it difficult to make ends meet, and just when you need a bit of beauty in your life, you can’t afford any art! Not so – thanks to Eddie Farrell and the Henningham Family Press. Many visitors admired our credit crunch print that we made with Eddie and

If hope was a drug, what would Obama’s street value be?

It’s a very pleasant thing to hear Obama saying that transparency and rule of law will be the bedrock of his administration. He seems to have grasped the idea that to have justice is to act justly everywhere. And to hear of moves happening in Guantanamo is also a relief, I hope he goes all

Sparks Christmas Card Accolade

Just before the Christmas break and in the midst of our midwinter maintenence programme at the Press* we slipped in a commission on behalf of long-standing family friends at Sparks. This deluxe_christmas_card_cum_board_game has now recieved online special mention from Icon magazine here. We think it’s not outrageous to believe the cited retro feel may be down in part to the screenprint magic. *Who hasn’t

2009 Calendar on sale, no wait, SOLD OUT!

The2009calendar was just put on sale as is now sold out. I think that took about 10 days? Well done Sarah, Michael and Natalia, that was a great project to be involved in. First of all it looks amazing, but also a lot of people took part. So on the 1st Jan a year-long exhibition begins for those lucky enough