It may be a little
Heath Robinson, but this nifty gizmo really works; hang it up in the sun (assuming there is some) and after about an hour you get a warm shower.
Gadgets
Gilbert, Agatha Christie and Brain Stoker and included some of the finest illustrations created by William
Heath Robinson. It was published annually from 1880 to 1969.
Dr Trelawney's cabinet of historical curiosities: this month's subject: the Holly & the Ivy
Rickety, perhaps even
Heath Robinson but it's something to go on.
French lessons in economic future of South-EastWales
But it's also the reason the Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat had his fingers broken by Assad's thugs two years ago; why British cartoonists like Vicky and
Heath Robinson were on the Gestapo death list...
Draw strength ...and laugh in the face of evil
Shepard and William
Heath Robinson appeal to many people because of their imaginatively visual storytelling.
The art of any good book; CHRISTOPHER PROUDLOVE
By all accounts those early broadcasts were complete
Heath Robinson affairs; with an office being commandeered after work to double as a studio complete with a grand piano to play for dancing.
Old radio era was the cat's whisker
It features book illustrations by Arthur Rackham,
Heath Robinson and Walter Crane and by the Pre-Raphaelite artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones.
It's fairy good; Museum's new exhibition has a real touch of magic about it
On the nod from Lester the correct story would be ripped from the typewriter and in those astonishingly old-fashioned,
Heath Robinson (no relation) days, wrapped in something like a shell cartridge and dispatched in a tube system with a large shout of "boy" as it rattled off above us to be typeset.
THE GREATEST; There's never been a sportsman to compare with Lester Piggott. Racing Journalist of the Year Brough Scott pays tribute to a remarkable man and a living legend
The
Heath Robinson props just add to the humour, especially when Ken's lover Martha appears on her narrow boat.
Theatre Review
"It's kind of Delia Smith meets
Heath Robinson," says Jimmy, though there is a serious purpose behind the farmyard frolics, Viewers will witness such bizarre sights as Jimmy loading his home-reared freerange pork into a cement mixer to re-create square, processed, sandwich ham, or spraying filter coffee into a heated canister to make his own coffee powder.
BEEFING UP HIS STOCK; Farmer Jimmy Doherty has become a bit of a pin-up since he found fame on his farm thanks to help from pal Jamie Oliver
Though a contemporary of such well-known graphic artists as David Low, 'Fougasse',
Heath Robinson and H.M.
Poster boy: Mark Bryant looks at the artist behind one of the most iconic images of the 20th century
While the front of his project is impressive, inside it looks a little
Heath Robinson with car tyres attached to spindles with a churning noise in the former office.
Good turn for city as artist spins old eyesore; Liverpool 'such a moving place'
Oh, and a
Heath Robinson robotic drum machine which Taylor thinks is hilarious but is just mildly embarrassing.
Hippie back from Hell - minus hair; JAMES TAYLOR Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
I need a
Heath Robinson internal frame of canes slung from the roof and sides to support the insulation.
Dig this
Long banks of escalators and stairs bestride the chasms, and curious glass lifts that might have sprung from the imagination of
Heath Robinson scuttle busily up and down.
Spanish soft machine: Madrid's new airport terminal is a highly expressive cocktail of political ambition and architectural ideas