New North Press—letterpress

New North Press—letterpress New North Press is an artisan letterpress print studio with a substantial library of wood and metal

They’ve been at it again! .graham and .bents new print is a supplement to our 2025 edition of Bernard Levin’s On Quoting...
01/06/2026

They’ve been at it again! .graham and .bents new print is a supplement to our 2025 edition of Bernard Levin’s On Quoting Shakespeare.

“Having noticed how many more phrases and idioms there were that had not been included in Levin’s 1983 text, we decided to produce our own additional version, following the existing model.”

Assisted by Emma Walshe of Peter Harrington – the antiquarian bookseller who recently exhibited all four of Shakespeare’s original Folios – Nigel Bents has composed a fresh narrative, linking a further 58 examples. And thus, with ‘bated breath’, and ‘wearing our heart on our sleeve’, we present On Quoting Shakespeare Again, after Bernard Levin – a print ‘to put colour in thy cheek’!

Available from our webshop now (link in our story)

We’ve instated a Visitors’ Book to keep track of the many friendly faces that pass through the studio. It can also act a...
14/05/2026

We’ve instated a Visitors’ Book to keep track of the many friendly faces that pass through the studio. It can also act as an invitation for everyone who has visited us over the years to come again and leave your mark – bring biscuits!

2026: studio expansionWe’ve spent January doing the heavy jigsaw puzzle that is moving type cabinets and things are begi...
05/02/2026

2026: studio expansion

We’ve spent January doing the heavy jigsaw puzzle that is moving type cabinets and things are beginning to find their place. The new layout provides extra work surfaces and, with fewer ‘towers of type’, it’s much brighter and easy to move around.

The space is now close to being operational and classes will start again next month – see link in bio for dates.

Doing what we do, it’s always rewarding to produce work for other UK-based craftspeople: check out , whose work is shape...
18/12/2025

Doing what we do, it’s always rewarding to produce work for other UK-based craftspeople: check out , whose work is shaped by the landscape of Cornwall.

Branding and design by .diggory.gordon

17/12/2025

R.I.P
It is with great sadness that today we heard that Chris Holiday of Modbury Engineering has died. During my early years as a letterpress printer I often had the pleasure of helping him move presses from all kinds of famous studios and college print rooms.
I was amazed at his engineering skills, he moved all my presses at one time or another, He built me a fantastic suction table for my conservation business. Working for him he would often pick me up and getting into his large van we would set off all over the country, I loved the smell of the oil and that kind of smell that only occurs with printing presses. After much chatting away we would arrive on site, assess the situation and start the job. I was basically a carrier lugging all the tools, winches and other paraphernalia up sometimes to upper floors where the presses were situated. It was all so bloody heavy, even his tool box was a struggle. With a deft hand and the the use of winches ,gantries etc the presses would come apart and be transported onto specially built carts. Then delivered down to the van where we pulled out a couple of also very heavy railway tracks. We then winched the presses into the back of the van. We repeated the proceedure in reverse at the destination. It usually was a very long day but immense fun with Chris who seemed to be almost super human in strength. He was a larger that life character, what you would call a lovely man..
I owe him a lot.

Graham

Doing what we do, it’s always rewarding to produce work for other UK-based craftspeople: take a look at the beautiful fu...
17/12/2025

Doing what we do, it’s always rewarding to produce work for other UK-based craftspeople: take a look at the beautiful furniture and objects of Norfolk-based

‘About Time’, an unfolding booklet using our largest woodtype (1740pt/145-line/42 inches).
31/10/2025

‘About Time’, an unfolding booklet using our largest woodtype (1740pt/145-line/42 inches).

Lovely write-up on about the Roots of Trust prints commissioned by
27/10/2025

Lovely write-up on about the Roots of Trust prints commissioned by

If you ‘lie low’ till ‘the crack of doom’ because you suspect ‘foul play’, you are quoting Shakespeare. Announcing a new...
12/05/2025

If you ‘lie low’ till ‘the crack of doom’ because you suspect ‘foul play’, you are quoting Shakespeare.

Announcing a new print edition in collaboration with Nigel Bents, of Bernard Levin’s ingenious ‘On Quoting Shakespeare’, highlighting the quantity and diversity of words and phrases in everyday language that originate from The Bard’s pen. Available from our website shop now.

Talk, screening and demonstration today for the V&A Academy’s ‘Made in London’ course. Amazingly no one fell asleep des...
01/05/2025

Talk, screening and demonstration today for the V&A Academy’s ‘Made in London’ course. Amazingly no one fell asleep despite the heat.

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