Dorothy Simpson is a Welsh born detective fiction writer; born in 1933, she wrote from 1975 to 2000. Perhaps not a great writer, but her books are engaging and consciously set in the events of the … [Read more...]
Gleaners? relatives, ancestors of collectors?
AGNES VARDA'S TWO FILMS ABOUT GLEANING - originally gathering the useful remnants of the crop after harvesting) are being screened in Melbourne on Sunday 13 July at 2.30 pm and 4.15 pm at the … [Read more...]
Book about the magazine – The Australian Women’s Weekly
PUBLISHED IN APRIL 2014, A HISTORY OF AN ICONIC (YES) AUSTRALIAN MAGAZINE, HAS HIT THE BOOKSHELVES. Previous Australian Women's Weekly editor Deborah Thomas and Vogue editor Kirstie Clements … [Read more...]
Proud as a peacock of the quality – Package tour – a guide to SA ephemera
MANY WILL HAVE ENJOYED CONSULTING ESA MEMBER VIVIENNE O'NEILL'S Yesterday’s Paper – Collecting Ephemera in Australia. Vivienne O'Neill and David Tuckwell have just (Easter 2014) published Package … [Read more...]
Booker prize winning character was a collector of buttons
NEW YORK BASED NOVELIST PETER CAREY (born in Bacchus Marsh, Australia) WROTE ABOUT COLLECTORS in his Booker prize in 1988 for the novel, Oscar and Lucinda (UQP, 1988). The two main … [Read more...]
Is it wrong, wanting to be at home with your record collection? High fidelity (book and film)
Is it wrong, wanting to be at home with your record collection? It's not like collecting records is like collecting stamps, or beermats, or antique thimbles.There's a whole world in here, a nicer, … [Read more...]
Fantastic four comics
An ESA member recalls a character in the early part of this series called the Collector. He is not springing to a life in a Wikipedia search; does anyone remember more about him? … [Read more...]
Street collector – Sesame Street
Bert is a yellow muppet on Sesame Street. Some describe him as kind and intelligent but also grumpy, boring and easily frustrated. Bert's catchphrase is "Yes, I do mind!" He enjoys activities such … [Read more...]
Snappy the crocodile – lost, found and lost again in Psychoville, tv show
Oscar Lomax is a character in the UK TV series, Psychoville. He is a blind millionaire who sacrificed his eyesight to complete his collection with the piece, Snappy the crocodile. He 'loses' Snappy, … [Read more...]