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...

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.

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)...

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.