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Twenty Five, being one meditation and twenty four sermons, is
published as a celebration of Bob Heath-Whyte's twenty five years
as a Church of England Reader and Licensed Lay Minister. Selected
from sermons preached between 1988 and 2013, they cover the
church's year from the first Sunday in Advent to the Sunday of
Christ the King.
A timely new edition featuring the brilliant work from among the
most inventive minds in illustration and cartoon wizardry. Heath
Robinson was one of Britain's most successful graphic artists. His
work has had a huge influence on comic art in this country, but
also on the image and self-image of the British. As the champion of
pragmatic man, Heath Robinson presented a vision of the British as
an unflappable, ingenious and slightly demented breed of inventors
that persists to the present day. The British are still a nation of
garage-haunting amateur engineers who will recognise the
inhabitants of Heath Robinson's world, with their pot bellies and
pots of tea, archaic faces and sturdily commonsensical approach to
the problems of existence. How to hunt tigers by elephant, how to
get an even tan, rise with the sun or put out a chimney fire, these
and many more pressing questions are answered in the pages of
Contraptions. With illustrations salvaged from the family archives
and commentary by Heath Robinson expert, Geoffrey Beare,
Contraptions is the best possible introduction to the work of one
of Britain's great comic talents.
'I really have a secret satisfaction in being considered rather
mad.' The name of William Heath Robinson has entered the national
vocabulary as a by-word for eccentric inventions and makeshift
solutions - and with good reason. His world of cogs, bits of
string, magnets and precarious tipping points holds a universal
appeal. In this classic collection, Heath Robinson leads a life of
leisure, taking a look at some of our favourite pastimes. Seaside
holidays, dinner parties with the neighbours and dancing classes
are all reimagined and given the Heath Robinson touch in a bid to
make them just that little bit easier - whether they needed it or
not.
'I really have a secret satisfaction in being considered rather
mad.' The name of William Heath Robinson has entered the national
vocabulary as a by-word for eccentric inventions and makeshift
solutions - and with good reason. His world of cogs, bits of
string, magnets and precarious tipping points holds a universal
appeal. Whacky machines and bemusing solutions to everyday problems
are brought to life in this hilarious collection of cartoons from
Heath Robinson. From wart removers to potato peelers to an early
version of the holiday selfie, this much-loved classic illustrator
and would-be inventor shows us that there really can be a gadget
for everything!
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