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Sunday, 21 July 2019

The 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing and two Royal Express Typewriters

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The restored Empress This 50 th anniversary of the Moon landing has been both a joyous and eerie time. The eeriness is mostly typewr...
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Tuesday, 18 June 2019

RIP Gloria Vanderbilt (1924-2019)

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Gloria Vanderbilt had her Hermes Baby portable typewriter. Green Bay Press-Gazette , March 16, 1946 Gloria Laura Vanderbilt died ye...
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Tuesday, 21 May 2019

Eurovision's Oz Songbird and Her Red Remington Portable Typewriter

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I’d never heard of Kate Miller-Heidke until she became Australia’s representative in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. How does Austral...
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Wednesday, 15 May 2019

RIP Doris Day (1922-2019)

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Doris Day was my childhood sweetheart. She was born in Cincinnati. Naturally, therefore, there are two photographs of her at a typewriter...
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Friday, 10 May 2019

'Pulsating Life' of the 'Sinister' Imperial Good Companion Portable Typewriter: 'Infused With Malice' in The ABC Murders

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The soundtrack on the BBC TV’s three-part series based on Agatha Christie’s The ABC Murders is music to the ears of typewriters love...
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Monday, 29 April 2019

RIP Les Murray, Australia's Typewriting Poet Laureate (1938-2019)

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Les Murray, the  Bush Bard of Bunyah and Australia's unofficial Poet Laureate, died today at a nursing home at Taree in New South Wal...
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Friday, 26 April 2019

Latest QWERTY 'News' (sic) = Quite Wrong Error Riddled Twaddle Yada-Yada

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Oh dear, how wrong can the overnight typewriter “experts” be? How many more times are we going to have to set the QWERTY record straight ...
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Wednesday, 24 April 2019

Typewriters at Gallipoli: Did They Cover Glorious Sacrifice or Sheer Senseless Slaughter?

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This incredibly detailed sculpture of a Corona 3 portable typewriter is the work of Jane Estelle Bailey and Mark Andrew Snell of the Lav...
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