Simon Tait’s Mews – No. 17 I’ve been reminded that I never finished the Sue story, which seems to suggest that there will ever be an end to the odyssey…
Simon Tait’s Mews – No.16 There’s a symbiosis about Cabaret and this little outfit behind the railway line at Acton with the national impact and the global connections that makes…
Simon Tait’s Mews – No.15 You know about Chronophage, the weird and wonderful clock/creature created by John Taylor that has adorned the corner of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, for the…
Simon Tait’s Mews – No.14 We’ve been to Suffolk to visit the workshop of, first, Tim Hunkin, about whom more news later. But a few miles nearer the border with…
Simon Tait’s Mews – No.13 To the Suffolk chapter of the Cabaret club, and a delightful June day with two of the key members, Tim Hunkin and Ron Fuller, makers…
Simon Tait’s Mews – No.12 As an aficionado of this column you could be excused for thinking that automaton model-makers are a pretty exclusive coterie of ancient boffins shut away…
Simon Tait’s Mews – No.11 So what is the secret, then, of this success? Exhibitions all over the world, rich people falling over themselves to buy, interviewed celebs casually dropping…
Simon Tait’s Mews – No.10 It’s Keith’s birthday so he goes to the computer centre to sort out a programme, pops in to the overall shop for a new pair,…
Simon Tait’s Mews – No.9 Miami has never seen anything like it before. It’s not me saying that, it’s Dr Andrew R Hirschl, respected dentist of that parish, and he’s…
