Adrian Forty, Barbara Penner & Olivia Horsfall Turner, present the book Extinct: A Compendium of Obsolete Objects, which they have co-edited with Miranda Critchley. They are joined by the authors of five of the eighty-five short essays that feature in the book, each of which addresses a different obsolete object. Jacob Paskins presents Paris’s pneumatic postal delivery system, Gillian Darley discusses the North Bucks monorail, Tim Anstey remembers the domestic serving hatch, Mark Morris talks about Fisher Price toys and Cath Slessor pays tribute to the ashtray. Extinct: A Compendium of Obsolete Objects is published by Raktion Books.
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