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Five of the best retro sports holdalls

Five of the best retro sports holdalls

Pro-Ject unveils Charlie Brown-themed Peanuts T1 BT turntable

Pro-Ject unveils Charlie Brown-themed Peanuts T1 BT turntable

Keith Haring Dancing Figures Lego set

Keith Haring Dancing Figures Lego set

Categories / Cars and Bikes, eBay watch

eBay watch: Fully-restored 1971 Fiat 500 Lux

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To be fair to Fiat, the company has done a superb job with the modern-day reissue of the Fiat 500. But the vintage ones just offer that little but more character, as this fully-restored 1971 Fiat 500 Lux demonstrates well.

This is an impressive, low-mileage model – just 25,000 on the clock over those 40 years, would you believe. It's also a 'fully and thoroughly restored' Fiat 500 with 'all works carried out by a UK Fiat authorised dealership'. That means all mechanics, electrics and bodywork, with the car ready to go as a regular ride or for shows.

Sold with the original handbook and Italian logbook (yes, it's a left-hand drive), the current price is £1,020. Many more images on the website.

Find out more at the eBay website

Categories / Books

Chic on a Shoestring: Simple to Sew vintage-style accessories book by Mary Jane Baxter

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If you have an urge to get crafty, you might want to check out Chic on a Shoestring: Simple to Sew vintage-style accessories book by Mary Jane Baxter.

Mary Jane Baxter is a hat maker, crafter and journalist, with all those of those skills no doubt coming into play here as the author shows how to convert vintage and throwaway items into something 'stylishly vintage'. A tie into a purse, knitting needle holder, cute corsage and a belt, silk scarves as a top or skirt or t-shirts as 40s-style turbans for example. There's also advice on how to find 'treasures' at markets, charity shops and vintage stores.

The 160-page book is published by Kyle Cathie, available online for £9.49.

Find out more about the book at the Amazon website

Categories / Bags, Music

Postcard Records tote bag by Edwyn Collins

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As a record label, Postcard Records was and is both influential and cool. So this Postcard Records tote bag by Edwyn Collins is certain to be popular amongst fans of jangle indie pop.

The label was founded in Glasgow in 1979, as a vehicle for Orange Juice and Josef K releases, sub-titled 'The Sound of Young Scotland'. It's widely credited as the key influence for modern-day indie pop.

The tote bag features the 'drumming cat' logo from the original record label, with the image signed by illustrator, Orange Juice man (and musical legend in his own right) Edwyn Collins. Grab one directly from his online store, it's just £8.

Find out more at the Edwyn Collins website

*apologies for quality of image.

Categories / Food and Drink, Homeware

Marhult decoration stickers from Ikea

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Marhult-decoration-stickers-patterned__0120260_PE276725_S4After the Keith Haring stickers we featured last month, Ikea have offered up some more designs: the Marhult decoration stickers.

The designer of these designs is unknown but the stickers show food stuffs such as ice-cream, cherries and pineapple, all depicted in a bright retro palette and a suitably Scandinavian flavour. These stickers are suitable for using on tiles so – if they're to your taste – they're perfect for brightening up a kitchen. 

The stickers cost £5.99.

Available in-store only, find your nearest stockist online

Categories / Kids

Cardboard rocket from Rose & Grey

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This isn't the first cardboard rocket we've featured, but we figure no kid, or household, should be without their own retro rocket. This design is available from Rose & Grey. 

This particular rocket is a flat pack number, made from recycled cardboard. Once assembled the rocket is about a metre high with plenty of space for crawling around inside. It comes in a suitably space age white – though that leaves plenty of scope for your kids own decoration. 

The rocket costs £39.50

Buy it online

Categories / Architecture, Property

For sale: 1930s grade II-listed, Berthold Lubetkin-designed Six Pillars modernist house in London SE26

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What can you say about Six Pillars? Well you can say it's grade II-listed, as well as a modernist masterpiece. It's also on the market right now.

Six Pillars was built in 1934 for the Head Master of Dulwich College and was the work of Berthold Lubetkin's architectural practice, Tecton, It has been updated in recent years under the direction of renowned architect John Winter, but is still very much one of the finest examples of modernist architecture in Britain.

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