What’snottoloveabout
a serialontheadventures
ofa familyofimpishcats?
A soundnarrativeand
beautifulimageryby
renownedillustrator
KathleenHale
notwithstanding,the
tenuoushomesandinteriors
linkmeantthisonewasn’t
destined to run and run...What Were We thinking?h&ghas always beenknown for its taste, discernmentandinnate style – with a few notable exceptions. ah, hindsight...PinuPchic
Ourcovershaveneverbeenlessthanstriking.None
wasmoreeasyontheeyethanthatofJune1985,which
featuredtoplessthatchers(theDietCokemenoftheir
day). It flew off the shelves though, so no regrets...OnefOr
thebirds
‘Howto...’featuresinthe
earlyyearsaddressed
first-worldproblemsofthe
day,including‘Howtoclean
a fur’.Ourfavouritehasto
be‘Howtokeepa canary’,
andnotjustforthehandy
infoontheimportance
ofa roomycage,orthe
adviceto‘avoidseedof
inferiorquality’.Wecouldn’t
getawaywithit thesedays,
could we? (Ed. No.)
Thisbedroomis ‘surprisingly
restful’accordingtothe
caption.It wastheSixties–
wedidthingsdifferently
back then.callthe
fashiOnPOlice
Sexandfashionfeatured
largeintheSeventies,
withshoweradverts
showingtoplesswomenor
bottomlessmen(oftenat
thesametime).Therise
ofdiscosawallmerge
togetherinoneswimsuit
special,completewithgold
lamé,provocativeposing
andglisteningflesh.We’re
notprudes,butit doeshave
us clutching our pearls.MOre than a feline100
years