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23/05/2024

25/02/2024

The oldest packaging for a brand, according to the Guinness World Records, has been updated for the first time in over 150 years.

Tate & Lyle’s Golden Syrup – known widely in the UK as the green jar of syrup stuck to the bottom of your Nan’s cupboard – has removed the illustration of a rotting lion carcass that previously featured front and centre (don’t worry if you hadn’t spotted it before, neither had we.) The old illustration had been in place since 1885 and referenced a story from the Old Testament, in which Samson kills a lion and later finds a beehive growing in the body.

While the classic Golden Syrup tin will retain the lion carcass, Lyle’s has replaced the illustration with a flattened 2D graphic for plastic squeezy bottles. The simplified illustration shows an ornamental lion’s head and a bee, visually referencing some of the decorative patterns found on the original tin.

Michael Wolff famously once told Lyle’s to stick with its legacy packaging when a rebrand was on the table, having approached Wolff to consult on the work. But brand director James Whiteley hopes the new direction will strike a balance between adapting and holding onto heritage.

“Our fresh, contemporary design brings Lyle’s into the modern day, appealing to the everyday British household while still feeling nostalgic and authentically Lyle’s,” James told the BBC. Other online spectators are less happy with the shift, bemoaning the loss of the consistent, and century-old brand image.

Image credit: Tate & Lyle’s Golden Syrup
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27/01/2024

Yards apart these 2 houses are in Clatterford Road, Carisbrooke. Both on with Watson Bull & Porter Estate Agents
The bungalow has a heavily landscaped Astro turf garden while the semi is much more natural with great views of the castle. Yet it’s literally half the price 🤷‍♂️

01/08/2023

Bembridge

16/05/2023

08/05/2023

Come on Bob Seely MP this is a smack in the face.
Vix Lowthion for a Green Isle of Wight

22/03/2023

Dezeen's latest series investigates the potential of mass timber. Starting today, Timber Revolution will question whether the material can break steel and concrete's hold over the construction industry.

18/03/2023

Friday marked 39 years of Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir!

"My dream was to create a hotel and restaurant in total harmony – be it food and service, or the gardens and rooms. The sturdy foundations of its success have been sustainability, authenticity and purity. Our organic gardens – there are a dozen of them – define us. They are the canvas of my gastronomy. And nowadays we have an orchard with 2,500 fruit trees." RB

Sante - Joyeux anniversaire!

24/02/2023

Heritage Crafts has partnered up with Folksy, CRAFT Festival, Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair and the Crafts Council, to create a national campaign designed to support makers across the UK and encourage shoppers to BUY LESS, BUY BETTER, BUY HANDMADE.

https://heritagecrafts.org.uk/buy-less-buy-better-buy-handmade/

07/02/2023

Look at this property in Whitwell. It is on with 2 local agents.
One has much better photography. It makes such a difference!
Which one would make you pick up the phone?

Susan Payne Property : www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/124750067 #/?channel=RES_BUY

Trigg and Co : www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127160522 #/?channel=RES_BUY

3 bedroom cottage for sale in Whitwell, Isle of Wight, PO38 for £450,000. Marketed by Trigg and Co, Newport

05/02/2023

“in winter, when it's windy, it's also raining - and that's when they have free license to just throw sewage into the sea”

British windsurfer Sarah Jackson says she has relocated from the south coast of England to Tenerife for the winter because she was "surfing in sewage everyday".