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December 30, 2015

Five fantastic detective duos

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December 26, 2015

Merry Christmas!

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December 20, 2015

Mending…

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December 17, 2015

Nothing to see here, move along

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December 14, 2015

Oh kit-mas tree

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December 10, 2015

Christmas 2015 telly and radio highlights

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December 08, 2015

A happy Herb Alpert Christmas to you! Plus bonus Elvis

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December 04, 2015

Crime at Christmas

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November 29, 2015

The Hog's Back Mystery, Freeman Wills Crofts

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November 18, 2015

My outfit posts are a lie (sort of)

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November 17, 2015

Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular Show

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November 13, 2015

Jekyll and spies

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November 08, 2015

I met Vix!

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November 04, 2015

Adventures in Burlesque: the naming of cats

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November 02, 2015

Who's Queen?

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October 29, 2015

The other Dracula

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October 27, 2015

Are you a winner?

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October 25, 2015

The Pan Books of Horror - GIVEAWAY!

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October 23, 2015

The desire to hibernate

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October 18, 2015

Halloween cards with vintage elements

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October 16, 2015

Confessions of a hoarder

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October 13, 2015

Three novels by Francis Durbridge

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October 11, 2015

A trip to Guerlain

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October 09, 2015

Judy in Paris

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October 05, 2015

New faces / old hobbies

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October 01, 2015

Bloofer gent: Christopher Lee

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September 29, 2015

Vintage fair isle, off and on the needles

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September 24, 2015

Five brilliantly bonkers British TV series

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September 21, 2015

Bonjour, gorgeous people!

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September 16, 2015

Spooky vintage telly times ahead

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September 14, 2015

Sensible shoes for serious walking

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September 09, 2015

My Queen brings all the bling to the yard...

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September 03, 2015

Snif

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September 01, 2015

Costume time: Partners in Crime - N or M?

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August 30, 2015

Autumn approaches...

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August 25, 2015

'Mixing It: The Changing Faces of Wartime Britain' at IWM North

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August 22, 2015

Outfit post: Potty Lotty

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August 19, 2015

Who wants to be a badly-dressed tourist?

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August 16, 2015

The Man From UNCLE

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August 13, 2015

Costume time – Partners in Crime: The Secret Adversary

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August 11, 2015

The Man from UNCLE: One of Our Spies is Missing

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August 08, 2015

Recent purchases and a good read

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August 05, 2015

Losing the 1960s

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August 02, 2015

My five current favourite Etsy clothes shops

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And the winner is...

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Birmingham with a toy robot

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Partners In Crime [television]

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Win a box of robotness!

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New old dresses, old old dresses

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In which I apologise for being rubbish

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Mim: This blog is a sort of mini-magazine about things I'm interested in, all with a vintage, alternate reality or retro-futuristic theme. There is no commercial aspect to this blog: no sponsorship, no advertising, no affiliations. However, if you need to contact me, crinolinerobot AT yahoo DOT com is the email to use.

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