A lovely lamp, inspired by the AT-AT Walkers from Star Wars.

Bears – you can’t help but love them. There’s one for each day of the year right here.

What kind of lunatic opens an unofficial embassy in a country, which, depending on your viewpoint, may or may not exist? Find out more from His Unofficial Excellency Conor Creighton at the official (unofficial?) blog.

Behold, the Hello Kitty chainsaw. Like an iron-on Simon Weston transfer, it defies logic, but therein lies its beauty.

Eric Smith’s perspective on life changed upon being diagnosed with cancer, leading to the Live Now Project:

“Before cancer I was like most folks, just cruising along. It was during my treatment, when I started to discover what cancer could gift to me – the ability to absorb every moment as if each one were my whole life. The Live Now Project was born!”

As a father, it’s little surprise that I love childrens’ clothes. I’m very enthusiastic about Mini Giants‘ collection, even if some of the pieces are a little on the pricey side (£40 for a T-shirt that will inevitably end up covered in assorted food, sick and the detritus of childhood seems bananas).

Fantastic video footage of London from 1927. 1927! Bloody hell, that’s older than my nan (well she doesn’t have a birth certificate, but we reckon she was born in 1930).

Childrens’ illustrator Marc Boutavant’s work is delicious, like a toasted cheese sandwich.

Throughout my childhood my mother and grandmother would endlessly take off-cuts of plants to nurture at home, or give away to friends and family. The Osusowake planting system could have been made for them.

The zoomable map is an intriguing idea. OK, so it’s not very practical, and it’s a poor substitute for a phone with mapping technology, but it’s innovative nonetheless.