Buy a gift at the Present & Correct Pop-In Shop

Twee stationers Present & Correct open up a Christmas pop-in shop at the House of Propellers in Clerkenwell today, transforming the space into a festive vintage school classroom to show off their range of present ideas.


Gifts start at £2.50, and feature a range of original items from new and carefully sourced vintage lines, so this is your chance to stock up on anything from a rare and out-of-print book or poster to a vintage Olivetti typewriter, a set of hand-printed jotters, or just some fairly smart-looking pencils.

Your author will be honest, founder Neal Whittington asked him to write this, but he's a thoroughly nice chap, and has been creating, collecting and selling his wares in London since 2003, so it was a pleasure to help.

The shop is located at 5 Back Hill, in Clerkenwell, and is open from today until Tuesday 21st December, Monday to Saturday, 12 noon – 6.30 pm. There are also late openings until 9pm on Thurdays.

For more information, see http://www.presentandcorrect.com/

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Buy nice things at the Design Museum Shop

Your author popped into the Design Museum Shop yesterday, and was really impressed at some of the great things they have on sale there. The Museum website tells us how, over two decades, the Shop has evolved from a small outlet selling postcards and a handful of products into a destination store for design conscious visitors from all over the world, and it really did seem like that was the case.


Frustratingly, it was only when your author entered the building that he realised he had left all his money at home, and couldn't buy any of the nice things he found there. Probably for the best, as it is all fairly expensive and it would be easy to spend a lot of money.

So, if you're looking for some really pretty things to spend money on, or some nice books, cards or wrapping paper, why not pop in? The shop is open daily from 10am until 5.45pm, and you can find more information and view products at http://designmuseumshop.com/.