Fine Books

I love books and for me nothing compares to the reading experience of settling down with a good-looking, pleasingly weighty, hardbacked tome. This new collection from Penguin is maybe a little too busy in places but they are bold and are definitely worth a look, if only for that great Crime and Punishment cover design. Available exclusively from Waterstones, if you're interested.

Al Awad, Iraq

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Originally uploaded by Army.mil

A fantastic photograph I've been meaning to blog for a while. The greys of the Army Combat Uniform make a beautiful contrast in some of these shots from the hot places; perhaps that's not the point of it, but it looks rather nice.

Political Advertising of the Past

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Now Obama's branding might have been remarkably handsome, self-assured and consistent, but it wasn't on the back of matchbooks was it?

Take a look at the other matchbooks in the set.