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Ian M. Palmer

Writing, Illustration and 3D

  • Writing
    • Introduction to Kitchen Planning
    • Closed for Good?
    • The Heart of the Home
    • Pillbox Country
  • Comics & Cartoons
    • River: Skin on the Outside
    • The American President
    • The Chicken King And The Prince Of Birds
    • Beith
    • The Blessing
  • Art & Photography
    • 2323
  • 3D Modelling
  • Contact Me

Category: History

The same tat
HistorySelling & Retail

The same tat

You’ll have to read Closed for Good? The “Retail Apocalypse” in Britain since 2005 to find out why this post title. I…

The land of the dead
HistorySelling & Retail

The land of the dead

In Closed for Good? The “Retail Apocalypse” in Britain since 2005, I mentioned Thanet’s expanding retail estates around Westwood Cross, opened…

Shabby stores and rip-off prices
HistorySelling & Retail

Shabby stores and rip-off prices

I didn’t even coin this post title: it’s a quotation. The cover photo on Closed for Good? The “Retail Apocalypse” in…

A fact of life
HistorySelling & Retail

A fact of life

I wanted to sell Closed for Good? The “Retail Apocalypse” in Britain since 2005 for less than my other books,…

Closed for Good?
HistorySelling & Retail

Closed for Good?

Closed for Good? The “Retail Apocalypse” in Britain since 2005 was supposed to be a palate-cleanser and a distraction while I…

“Iconic” kitchen design
HistoryKitchens, etcSelling & Retail

“Iconic” kitchen design

Here’s the full text of my piece for kbbreview. The magazine suggested the topic – one with which I don’t…

Lamson Systems
HistoryPillboxes & ArchitectureSelling & Retail

Lamson Systems

Sometimes my interests coincide. I found myself in Dartford a few weeks ago, and found a really nice one-room museum…

Pillbox Country
HistoryPillboxes & Architecture

Pillbox Country

A century ago, Britain braced for invasion. Twice. To defend against new weapons and new tactics, almost any idea seemed…

Unexpectedly in Spain…
HistoryPillboxes & Architecture

Unexpectedly in Spain…

My pillbox visits for some time have been toward writing a book about them. But last week I stayed in…

After the Apocalypse
HistoryPillboxes & Architecture

After the Apocalypse

Battery remains at Warden Point on the Isle of Sheppey.

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