Collector culture – Liam Toms

Collection hunting at Barry Potter toy fairs

As a vibrant UK toy fair scene bubbles to the surface from the underground, one event organiser has been in the game for over 30 years.

Can you collect without using Amazon?

(My experience over the past five years of treating the gargantuan retailer as a last resort option.) In November 2019 I was inspired by a blog post Luke Leighfield wrote on ‘How (and why) to quit Amazon‘. I’m not going to tell you why you should, mostly because Luke has already put together a perfectly good argumentContinueContinue reading “Can you collect without using Amazon?”

Calling time on my CD / DVD collection

I have a lot of things I collect. I like to put these things on display. When the pandemic hit and we began spending a lot more time at home, there came a need to reclaim some space in the house and I was faced with the dilemma of deciding which shelving unit would need toContinueContinue reading “Calling time on my CD / DVD collection”