Great for picking up afternoon activities for small children paint a wooden letter, decorate a treasure box, design your own t-shirt etc but unfortunately consistency of stock is bad. They have a limited range of Martha Stewart stuff if you are a scrapbooking queen, but also good for home essentials such as soap dispensers, Tupperware and cheap mugs.
If you spot something you like though, buy it. Their biggest store and level 5 is dedicated solely to stationary. You want Chinese calligraphy brushes? For good passport photos, come here. These guys will not distort your face horribly with their cheap camera they use a Nikon D40 and Nana will also touch it up for you while you wait, removing any shine, shadows and bags, for free. Printed and in your paws in about 5 minute flat. BTW: If you ask the security guards nicely, you can double park right outside the shop.
An Australian company with a Swedish owner who employs Scandinavian designers. A great stationary stop with clean lines, lots of white coupled with splashes of colour.
Need we say more? There is also a slightly smaller branch in the Bras Basah Complex as well as a couple of other dotted around town — check website.
The Society for the Physically Disabled works in partnership with people with physical disabilities to develop their potential to the fullest so that they can be self-reliant and independent. They do this by empowering them with a variety of skills including book binding and restoration as well as more contemporary ones such as web design. Come here to buy beautifully bound notebooks in leather or fabric you can even bring your own material and have something bespoke made that have been flawlessly pieced together by the skilled disabled work force that you can see hard at work in the next door room.
Made with great care and attention to detail, they also sell wonderful, made to order, leather bound photo albums, which can be hot-stamped with initials, a date or any words of your choice. If you are going down the album route, call ahead and ask to see Ruby who runs the show, as the choices in leather alone, never mind fonts, can be slightly confusing as they are yet to implement a reassuring tick-box order form.
Exceptionally well finished, we are firm supporters and you should be too! Their shop has far more serious stock than the trinkets on offer at the fairs…but we love it for their good value trinkets alone knowing nothing about antique oriental silver.
A glimpse of Singapore in days gone by. Everything for sale has been sourced from here — either knick knacks from old houses or things snapped up by the knowledgeable owner at auctions.
A good street to take in with visitors. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. No creepy staircase to climb, this beauty find is on the ground floor of a parade of shops and is very clean and tidy.
Old-fashioned barber-style chairs used for threading purposes are lined up in the main room, one behind the other and are, more often than not, occupied.
Walk with the flow of traffic and Gooday is half a block down, on the left. Eyebrow image courtesy of wikipedia. Your email:. Opening Times: 11am-9pm Mon-Sat 8pm Floating on a Malayan Breeze. On Your Bike. Give Me Face. Beauty Steal. COVID information. Many art galleries and London museums open late, with talks, performances, workshops, films, DJ sets, drinks and much more. Bank of England Museum Occasional Keep an eye out for ad hoc lates at the Bank of England Museum , which has hosted events focused on its exhibitions, with themes ranging from bank notes to Halloween.
British Library. View this post on Instagram. British Museum Fridays British Museum is one of the regular late-night museums in London which is open until 8. Camden Arts Centre Wednesdays Camden Arts Centre is open until 9pm every Wednesday, with free talks, film screenings and live performances.
Cartoon Museum Thursdays and some Wednesdays Stay behind for after-hours comic fun, as The Cartoon Museum hosts drawing and cartoon workshops. Christmas at Kew. City of London Police Museum Wednesdays Learn about the history of policing in London, from tales of Jack the Ripper and wartime efforts, to present-day crime-fighting activities. Cutty Sark Various dates Venture under the hull of the world's last surviving tea clipper, Cutty Sark , for a series of fun after-hours events with Cutty Sark Lates.
Design Museum First Friday of every month On the first Friday of the month, the Design Museum becomes one of the many late-night museums in London, as it opens until 8pm for Friday Lates. Emerge Festival. Hayward Gallery Thursdays Head to the South Bank for contemporary art exhibitions by international boundary-pushing artists, alongside talks and installations. London Dungeon.
Museum of London Various dates Late activities at the Museum of London have ranged from grisly Halloween card-making to Cleopatra-style makeovers. National Gallery. National Maritime Museum Various dates Be treated to lectures and screenings in conjunction with the National Maritime Museum 's latest exhibitions at special evening events.
Queen's House Greenwich Occasional Don't miss ad hoc lates events at Queen's House in Greenwich, as the grand 17th-century house explores stories behind its art collection and hosts special evenings.
Royal Academy of Arts. Royal Observatory Greenwich Monthly Watch one of Royal Observatory Greenwich 's monthly film screenings, Silver Screen Science Fiction, to rediscover cult classics; or look out for other lates events, including Valentine's Day specials. Science Museum Last Wednesday of every month On the last Wednesday of each month except in December , adults take over the Science Museum for a night of science-themed fun. Tate Britain. Wellcome Collection Thursdays Marvel at the Wellcome Collection galleries, which are open until 9pm on Thursdays, with late opening hours in the cafe and bookshop too.
First Thursdays First Thursday of every month On the first Thursday of every month, more than museums and galleries in east London stay open until 9pm for late viewings and free events, sponsored by the Whitechapel Gallery and Time Out.
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