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Rag & Bone: the book & museum

6th April 2020

This photograph of my kitchen cupboard was taken three years ago, which is really where Rag and Bone ...

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No 10. Goose barnacles & the plastisphere

3rd September 2020

In the past, goose barnacles attached to mainly driftwood. Now though, I find them on everything ...

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No 9. Buttons (17th – 21st century)

1st July 2020

The regularity of circles always draws my eye. So whether mudlarking or beachcombing, I often find ...

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No 8. Plastic nature

17th June 2020

Against strandline seaweed, the green of plastic plants catches the eye. Perhaps most poignant are ...

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No 7. Toothbrushes: bone & plastic

9th June 2020

In Europe, the toothbrush remained a luxury until the late 18th century. The most expensive had ...

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No 6. Gradual breakdown of the flotsam army

2nd June 2020

Over the years I’ve found a lot of plastic army men on beaches. Most are left on the strandline at ...

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No 5. Sugar moulds, cowries & slavery

27th May 2020

‘Having crossed London on the Tube wearing wellies (which always gets a few glances), I walked into ...

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No 4. Fèves: a plastic wise man & a fish

19th May 2020

The plastic figure below is one of the Bible's three wise men. I found it on the south coast of ...

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No 3. Light bulbs & the Phoebus cartel

13th May 2020

‘We headed towards Warden Point – which is no longer a point – and the strange, unstable landscape ...

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No 2. Action Man body parts (1966-73)

6th May 2020

This hand is around 50 years old and washed up on a Cornish beach during the February storms. As the ...

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No 1. Bone & plastic combs (17th-21st Century)

2nd May 2020

Combs have been a favourite shore find of mine for years. I like that they’re ordinary, personal ...

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Rag and Bone:
A History of What We’ve Thrown Away

‘Lyrical and intriguing’
Literary Review

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