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Welbeck British postcard tile collection

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Coastal tiles

As you put the kettle on for another cup of tea and find yourself dreaming of different times and places, fuel your fantasies with the coastal collection from Welbeck tiles. 

The range is inspired by old postcards and uses images from perhaps the golden age of British holiday going, featuring scenes from places like Skegness, Margate, Newquay and Barry Island amongst many others. Other tiles show the reverse of the postcards, complete with the requisite 'Wish you were here' type of messages. 

All the tiles are hand-made in Cornwall which is reflected in the price as the postcard tiles cost £40 each. They are shown in the image above alongside tiles from some of the other Welbeck ranges: full details and prices can be found online.

Find out more from the Welbeck website

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Tepper Jackson 60s-style passport holder

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Tepper Jackson passport

Dreaming of some foreign travel to escape the winter blues? Well, in addition to the Agent Provocateur luggage highlighted earlier in the week, here's another retro travel accessory (though inspired by a different era) comes with this Tepper Jackson 60s-style passport holder. 

Like the Tepper Jackson flight bag featured a good while ago, it's got a bright Pop design. The black and white pattern, combined with the motif of the flower, looks like it could have come straight out of the Mary Quant boutique. It's practical too, with two side pockets and five card slots to hold any and all of your travel documents. 

The holder is currently on sale for £14.95, reduced from £20. You can also get several accessories in a matching design, ranging from cosmetics bags to card holders. 

Buy it online  

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Retro Retreat: Retro-styled VitaminBerlin apartments in Berlin

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They might look fairly unassuming at first glance, but the VitaminBerlin apartments which you'll find in the city of Berlin, are quite cool retro-themed places to hang out.

Using classic apartment stock in key locations in the city, VitaminBerlin mixes the home comforts of the modern era with stylish 20th century design to create a hip place for up to two people to hang out in the city. And just to fuse both together, each apartment has a vintage Danish Bang & Olufsen stereo with an adapter for your iPod.

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Agent Provocateur and Globe-trotter luggage

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AP Globetrotter

What do you get when you combine the heritage and quality of the Globe-trotter brand with the sauciness of Agent Provocateur? Some very nice luggage, that's what. 

On the outside, the cases look like fairly standard Globe-trotter cases in matt black with brass details. Open them up though and they're lined with an exclusive Agent Provocateur print on pale pink silk. The print features pin-up girls in various vintage-style travel stamps that cover locations ranging from Russia to Blackpool. 

As you might expect, the luggage is quite pricey with the trolley suitcase costing £795 and the large suitcase selling for £995. 

Buy it from the Agent Provocateur website

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Michelle Mason Piccadilly Circus cushion

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We've previously featured Michelle Mason's collaboration with London Transport. Her new cushion collection also draws inspiration from the capital and includes this charming Piccadilly Circus cushion. 

Inspired by old postcards, the design shows a very stylised view of Piccadilly Circus (if only there was that little traffic!), including Eros and the famous advertising hoardings. There's even a couple of classic Routemaster buses to be seen.  

One of the other cushions features Columbia flower market, while the third shows a more generalised London street scene. All the designs are printed onto cotton satin and cost £45 each. 

Buy it from Not on the High Street

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All Zones London Transport teapot

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London Transport teapot

Fancy a cuppa? If you've got lots of thirsty mouths to sate and a fondness for transport related products, you may well be interested in the All Zones Transport teapot. The perfect partner to the 'Why not a canteen job?' tea towel featured last year, it's a London Transport canteen themed tea pot. 

Made from white ceramic, it features the London Transport logo on the side in a muted grey and also as a roundel on top of the lid. It also holds a hefty six cups of tea. Perfect if you can't be bothered transporting yourself from the sofa. 

The teapot costs £22 from Whitbread Wilkinson. 

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