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I like Apple's new adverts. Iestyn was watching them and screaming, "Lies! LIES!!" (and of course, he's mostly right), but I still thought they were cool - nicely choreographed, quite entertaining.
But, I like this even better. And I completely understand how he feels.
A man has just gone into the small field below my balcony, sat down on the ground, then removed all his clothes excpect for his thong - yes, I said thong - rolled around in the grass for a bit, and put his clothes back on.
Weirdo.
A historian I know through work recently discovered this curious little treasure, which he has given to me.
It's a 190 x 75mm palette of ten colourants, used for hand-colouring black and white photos.
I've been trying to find out more about it online, there's a lot of information about the history of hand-colouring photos on Wikipedia, but I can't find any information specific to this particular type of palette.
I think it's English, because 'colour' is always spelled with a 'u' except where it is part of a product name. I also think it was intended for amateur/home use, rather than by professionals. What I really want to know is how old it is, but with so little evidence to hand, I can't work this out. I'm hoping something in the language (there are instructions for its use printed on the reverse) or the style of dress of the woman on the front will give me a clue as to what decade it was manufactured in. I'll continue investigating...