Letterpress

Best of British: Preserving print's heritage

Letterpress is no longer a mainstream commercial process, but it’s still appreciated for the look and feel of its results, appealing to traditionalists, craftspeople and enthusiasts.

York’s long print history showcased

The cathedral city of York punches well above its weight by reputation, ranking alongside Edinburgh and London as one of the UK’s most popular cities according to YouGov research, despite its...

Hand's printing bike is fixed with an Adana 8x5 letterpress machine

Letterpress library tour for cycling printer

Cycling printer Nick Hand will return to the road for a new tour of the UK on his custom-built letterpress bicycle.

The paper's headline interview features the well-known dairy farmer, Michael Eavis

Glastonbury Free Press returns to print

Glastonbury Festival’s on-site independent free newspaper, Glastonbury Free Press, has returned for its 11th year, spinning out tales from across the 900-acre Worthy Farm for its Thursday (27 June)...

Dan Clark and John Watson at Glasgow Press

Watson funds heritage print skills revival

Industry philanthropist John Watson OBE has helped a family-owned print business maintain the letterpress printing tradition by making a big donation to its work.

Raban: transformational influence on the region

Descendants of historic printer sought

Celebrations to mark 400 years of printing in Aberdeen include a call for help in tracking down descendants of the city’s first printer, Edward Raban.

A cornucopia of print delights for visitors

Shipley Wayzgoose returns

The Shipley Wayzgoose returns this weekend after an enforced hiatus caused by the pandemic.

Gooder would like to find a home for the machines

Italian Job rescue for historic Italian printhouse's presses

Seven antique print machines have been saved from scrap by a print novice after the collapse of an artisanal Tuscan printhouse that included Jodie Foster among its clients.

How Gutenberg's Lego printshop could look

Votes needed to immortalise Gutenberg as Lego character

Toy giant Lego could make a working model of Gutenberg’s famous printing press if a product idea proposed by a member of its creative community gains enough support.

"The most richly illustrated printed book produced in the 15th century" Image: Lyon & Turnbull

Exquisite incunabulum up for auction

A rare 15th century book produced in the early years of mechanical printing is expected to fetch tens of thousands of pounds when it goes up for auction this week.