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Stationery gives us the tools to dream. But it also gives us the tools to turn those dreams into something real.The firs...
13/08/2026

Stationery gives us the tools to dream. But it also gives us the tools to turn those dreams into something real.

The first image is a small sketch I made months ago: an early vision for what I called a “pattern interrupt” in Stationery Icons. A bold double-page spread that would sit between chapters, giving the reader a moment to pause, reset and prepare for what comes next.

A kind of visual palate cleanser.

And then, eventually, the sketch became the second image.

There is something deeply satisfying about seeing a rough idea, drawn with a Stabilo highlighter on a page of my diary, brought to life in the finished book.

Ideas begin as marks on paper. Sometimes, if you keep going, they become something solid, beautiful and real.

Behind every significant project is someone prepared to carry the vision long before others can see the finished result....
15/06/2026

Behind every significant project is someone prepared to carry the vision long before others can see the finished result.

Chris Leonard-Morgan has done exactly that with Stationery Icons.

His belief in the project, commitment to excellence and willingness to pursue quality without compromise have been instrumental in bringing this landmark publication to life.

Working alongside Chris has been both professionally rewarding and personally educational.

Few people have taught me more about persistence, standards and seeing a project through to completion.

As we approach publication, credit is due to the individual whose passion first set the journey in motion.

Chris Leonard-Morgan. Author, advocate and driving force behind Stationery Icons.

Notting Hill. Pastel terraces, vintage bookshops, and the slow hum of Portobello Road on a Saturday morning – I think it...
26/02/2026

Notting Hill. Pastel terraces, vintage bookshops, and the slow hum of Portobello Road on a Saturday morning – I think it’s one of London’s most cinematic neighbourhoods.

Once working-class and wonderfully scruffy (I identify) it has evolved into a polished cultural patchwork where Caribbean heritage, independent fashion, and café culture still intersect. Look beyond the Instagram façades and you’ll find its real heartbeat in the market traders, the record shops, and the lingering echoes of the Notting Hill Carnival.

It’s not just pretty. It’s layered.

Bicycles, cheese and Amsterdam. These things, and more, are reasons to love travel.
20/02/2026

Bicycles, cheese and Amsterdam. These things, and more, are reasons to love travel.

Cape Town reveals itself differently from a Vespa.You are not sealed off from the city – you move through it. Sea air re...
16/02/2026

Cape Town reveals itself differently from a Vespa.

You are not sealed off from the city – you move through it. Sea air replaces air-conditioning. Coffee, salt, sunscreen, jasmine… the aromas arrive before the view does.

Traffic loosens its grip. Parking becomes irrelevant. A quick turn becomes an unexpected discovery.

I find myself noticing more – the quality of the light, the shape of the mountain, the rhythm of neighbourhoods I had previously only passed through.

It is mobility, but it is also perspective.

Less rushing. More seeing.

Cape Town, at Vespa pace, feels personal.

And rather addictive.

There’s something about Land Rovers and Africa. I’ve owned pre-Defender v8s and driven others in Kenya, Botswana and the...
14/02/2026

There’s something about Land Rovers and Africa. I’ve owned pre-Defender v8s and driven others in Kenya, Botswana and the streets of London. One of the all time greats.

Go this way, Richard. Go to life, go to vitality. It’s as if this road sign signals me to get up early, to head to the g...
13/02/2026

Go this way, Richard. Go to life, go to vitality. It’s as if this road sign signals me to get up early, to head to the gym (which is on the corner building). These routines help to ground me.

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