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Fake news in the 17th century

An uncanny resemblance to today’s Twitter tiffs characterises a 17th-century argument about demons. Read what happened when the printing presses went into overdrive.

  • Article

Restoring disorder to ‘The Book of Disquiet’

Printer Tim Hopkins explains what making an extraordinary new edition of Fernando Pessoa’s book revealed about both the text and the mind.

  • Article

“Life and the universe change our plans”

Artist Lil Sullivan returns to the printmaking workshop for the first time after her stroke, and uses broken and discarded everyday objects to create art.

  • Photo story

Beautiful bedding and how to die well

When you are unwell, your bed can be both a refuge and a prison. Discover how artist Poppy Nash created a bed-centred artwork inspired by her own chronic illness and depictions of ill health from history.

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  • Textiles: a pair of large presses for block printing calico. Engraving by J. Carter after T. Allom, 1834.
  • Clymer and Dixon's patent Columbian printing press.
  • A printing press, rolling press, cider press and potash kiln with constituent parts. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Printing: men working at a printing press, proofing copy, inking, and setting type. Wood engraving after a woodcut.
  • Six types of press: cheese, wine (two), printing, clothes, and rolling. Engraving.
  • Printers working at a printing press, and setting type. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Printing: inking the type and operating the press (above), plan of the press (below). Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • A printing press: seen from the side. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Printing: a three-quarter view of a press, with a composing stick beneath. Engraving, 1813.
  • A printing press: seen from the side. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
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Printing Press Studio

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