Operation Mincemeat
We very much enjoyed seeing on the big screen the newly released Warner Bros film Operation Mincemeat with a lovely Imperial "Good Companion" No 1...
Read moreWe very much enjoyed seeing on the big screen the newly released Warner Bros film Operation Mincemeat with a lovely Imperial "Good Companion" No 1...
Read moreWe rather take it for granted that now we can use computer keyboards to type in different fonts and use different symbols with relative ease.But ba...
Read moreWe have been selling excellent restored working typewriters to Aussies across the country for over 8 years now. Hundreds of our superb vintage and ...
Read moreLast month we very kindly received a signed copy of Tom Hank's book " Uncommon Type " which arrived with a lovely letter from the man himself type...
Read moreBy Robert Messenger A shiny black Remington Model 2 portable typewriter used by Agatha Christie would seem an unusual inclusion in an Egyptian col...
Read moreBy Robert Messenger The late Nigel Hawthorne (of Yes, Minister fame) once bemoaned the fact that the great British playwright Alan Bennett used a ...
Read moreBy Robert Messenger Peter Black wrote in The Guardian just before Christmas 1990. “It’s hard to believe that a writer who so often described his c...
Read moreThe slimline beauty that has produced great literary works By Robert Messenger The Hermes Baby portable typewriter was the weapon of choice for man...
Read moreA Lighter Portrayal of Hunter S. Thompson By Robert Messenger When Amazon started selling Chinese-made Royal portable typewriters a few years ago, ...
Read moreWhen Small Size Meant Big Production By Robert Messenger During almost three-quarters of a half-century career in sports writing, I carried portabl...
Read moreJ.B. Priestley gave it a name, Enid Blyton used it By Robert Messenger British author J.B. Priestley gave a typewriter model its name, yet he prefe...
Read moreBy Robert Messenger Lot 323 – “An important artifact in the history of American theatre” – sold for $US37,500 (£28,400) at Sotheby’s in New York Ci...
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