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The captivating biography of one of the most important designers of
the twentieth century - adapted for Sky Cinema starring Phoebe
Dynevor, Matthew Goode and David Morrissey Clarice Cliff was one of
the most prominent ceramic designers of the twentieth century. Born
in 1899 in the Staffordshire Potteries, she started work as just
another factory girl, but by 1928 had launched her own range of
pottery, 'Bizarre'. A 'gargantuan feast of colour', it blazed a
trail through the homes of inter-war Britain. But if Clarice
Cliff's rise from apprentice gilder to art director was remarkable
- and all the more so for her being a woman - it was not without
its tensions; for years she conducted a secret relationship with
her married boss. Fusing art, design and industry and vividly
conveying the texture of women's lives between the wars, this is a
compelling study of the complex, talented woman whose work is for
many the epitome of art deco.
A wooden box holds the buttons of three generations of women in
Lynn Knight's family - each one with its own tale to tell...
Tracing the story of women at home and in work, from the jet
buttons of Victorian mourning, to the short skirts of the 1960s,
taking in suffragettes, bachelor girls, little dressmakers, Biba
and the hankering for vintage, The Button Box lifts the lid on
women's lives and their clothes with elegance and wit.
150 Station Road, Wheeldon Mill - a short stride across the
Chesterfield Canal in the heart of Derbyshire - was home to the
Nash family and their corner shop, serving a small mining community
with everything from Brasso to Dolly Blue, from cheap dress rings
to Lemon Sherbets. However, this was no ordinary home and no
ordinary family. Three generations were adopted - Lynn Knight's
great grandfather, a fairground boy given away when his parents
left for America in 1865, her great aunt, rescued from an
Industrial School in 1909, and her mother, adopted in London as a
baby and brought north in 1930. Their story spans centuries and the
changing society of twentieth century Britain. But more than that
it is a story of community and of love. Full of colour, light and
life, Lemon Sherbet & Dolly Blue is a story of what it really
means to be family.
Professional values in healthcare are in a state of constant and
increasingly rapid change. While all professions now emphasise
teamwork and collegiality in practice, fewer are inclined to
consider shared or differing values across professions. This
interdisciplinary volume explains how health care professions and
their values have changed over the last forty years, charting where
they have come from, where they are now, and how they might develop
in the future. There is coverage of a wide range of different
professions within healthcare, from GPs, mental health nurses,
adult nurses and pharmacists, to NHS managers and chaplains.
Chapters are followed by critical responses from senior healthcare
practitioners. This original and insightful book will be a valuable
resource for academics, researchers, senior healthcare
professionals and healthcare managers.
150 Station Road, Wheeldon Mill - a short stride across the
Chesterfield Canal in the heart of Derbyshire - was home to the
Nash family and their corner shop, which served a small mining
community with everything from Brasso and Dolly Blue, to cheap
dress rings and bright sugary sweets. But just as this was no
ordinary home, theirs was no ordinary family. Lynn Knight tells the
remarkable story of the three adoptions within it: of her
great-grandfather, a fairground boy, given away when his parents
left for America in 1865; of her great-aunt, rescued from an
Industrial School in 1909, and of her mother, adopted as a baby in
1930, and brought to Chesterfield from London. Full of light, life
and colour, spanning three generations and two world wars, this
memoir weaves a rich portrait of a community and of family love and
loyalty regardless of blood ties.
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