Second hand bargain: Fingerless Gloves
Like gloves, only lacking fingers Hands – they’re such a nuisance. We’re constantly washing the things, fiddling with the things, scratching our noses with the things. If there’s one part of the body...
View ArticleSecond hand bargain: VHS Videos
Don’t turn your back just yet… In the tale of Rip Van Winkle, a man drinks a strange potion, then falls asleep for twenty years. When he wakes up, absolutely everything has changed. There’s been a...
View ArticleSecond hand bargain: A Ballot Box
Great for voting… Like most people, I worry I’m not democratic enough – that my decision-making process has just a whiff of fascism about it. I’m such a totalitarian ruler of my own thoughts and...
View ArticleSecond hand bargain: A lovely silk scarf
Goes with absolutely anything. Well, almost. During those increasingly abominable political debates, each one proving to be a boring repeat of the next, it was suggested that the financial situation...
View ArticleSecond hand bargain: A great game
Brainiacs, get ready for the ride of your lives We were in, then we were out, then people talked about us going in again, then we didn’t go in, now it seems like we’re in again, and not only that –...
View ArticleSecond hand bargain: A Wonderful Film
School, only funnier Don’t be fooled by the sunshine, and the slow passage of time, we are still in a pit of financial ruin. The only difference between now and a year or so ago is that everyone has...
View ArticleSecond Hand Bargain: A Lovely Picture
With a frame and everything Words like RECESSION and CREDIT CRUNCH might feel like distant echoes but that doesn’t mean that we’re not all financially crippled and fearful about the future of our...
View ArticleSecond Hand Bargain: An Amazing Coffee Machine!
Look at it, all old and beautiful I often talk up the amazingness of charity shop finds on this site and I do adore charity shops – when you’ve got no money or no inspiration they can be like magical...
View ArticleSecond Hand Bargain: A Magnificent Cookbook
This is the guy… A few years ago we were in the grips of a terrifying financial meltdown, it was utter chaos. People lost their jobs, some jumped off rooftops (and onto giant mattresses FOR FUN!), for...
View ArticleSecond Hand Bargain: An Amazing Triple Bill
Three films, one box Before the banks crumbled and a long arctic winter struck the nation’s wallets, freezing them solid, unable to open. Before the guillotine fell on the throbbing muscular neck of...
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