Item for the unsqueamish collector: A locket said to contain a snip of hair from Jane Austen will be auctioned on June 18. While the attribution is not certain, it is known that Austen's sister Cassandra cut several bits of hair soon after the author's death in 1817.Details are here.--David E

I'm a fan of the blog Little People, where an artist named Slinkachu posts photographs of his (?) handpainted figures. They are shot in both model environments and out on the street. Now I find that photographs of Slinkachu's work is the subject of a book coming out later this year in the UK. (There's … Continue reading Slow and Steady