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World Stamp Map

Hello, Ben here.

World Stamp Map

This has been on the wall in the stair well between floors two and three for a few years. Created before my time by Ben Everitt. It's a world map made from stamps from the relevant countires.

Ecuador and Argentina and all that

It's a wonderful thing. Smart, witty, beautiful. I stuck a few pictures of it on my Flickr a few weeks ago and it's had hundreds of hits and favourites, so I thought I'd share it here.

UK and Europe

Actully writing this now makes me think we should probably make prints of it. Subject to legal permissions etc. Who'd be interested in that?

W+K MD bricks it at prospect of further trouble on streets

Neil and his bricks[3]

A big load of bricks was helpfully delivered to our corner of Hanbury Street this morning. The situation on the streets of east London is still a bit uncertain at the moment. So as not to provide handy ammo for possible looters right next to our big glass windows, W+K pitched in to shift the bricks. Unfortunately we don't have an agency forklift so we had to use sheer muscle.

MD Neil (above) struggles with his first real work in a long time. Some members of staff found this display of raw strength surprising, but as he pointed out, "I've been carrying this place for years."

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