Letterpress
![Hand's printing bike is fixed with an Adana 8x5 letterpress machine](/media/hmablmhm/nick-hands-printing-cyclist.jpg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&v=1dacbb761b73020)
Letterpress library tour for cycling printer
Cycling printer Nick Hand will return to the road for a new tour of the UK on his custom-built letterpress bicycle.
![The paper's headline interview features the well-known dairy farmer, Michael Eavis](/media/fwbnd3tm/glastonbury-free-press.png?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&v=1dac95499fbc1e0)
Glastonbury Free Press returns to print
Glastonbury Festival’s on-site independent free newspaper, Glastonbury Free Press, has returned for its 11th year, spinning out tales from across the 900-acre Worthy Farm for its Thursday (27 June)...
![Dan Clark and John Watson at Glasgow Press](/media/bjpoin4m/dan-clark-and-john-watson-at-glasgow-press-1.jpg?rxy=0.5,0.0&width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&v=1d9e72353c807b0)
Watson funds heritage print skills revival
Industry philanthropist John Watson OBE has helped a family-owned print business maintain the letterpress printing tradition by making a big donation to its work.
![Raban: transformational influence on the region](/media/tuvpf5kx/edward-raban-400.png?rxy=0.5,0.0&width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&v=1d9e722adecec70)
Descendants of historic printer sought
Celebrations to mark 400 years of printing in Aberdeen include a call for help in tracking down descendants of the city’s first printer, Edward Raban.
![A cornucopia of print delights for visitors](/media/owmatm22/shipley-wayzgoose.jpg?rxy=0.5,0.0&width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&v=1d9e722a596d450)
Shipley Wayzgoose returns
The Shipley Wayzgoose returns this weekend after an enforced hiatus caused by the pandemic.
![Gooder would like to find a home for the machines](/media/52mpzd3q/ben-gooder.jpg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&v=1d9e7350ad8bec0)
Italian Job rescue for historic Italian printhouse's presses
Seven antique print machines have been saved from scrap by a print novice after the collapse of an artisanal Tuscan printhouse that included Jodie Foster among its clients.
![How Gutenberg's Lego printshop could look](/media/ggbprnup/lego-gutenberg-printing-press-kit.jpg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&v=1d9e730cfd1f430)
Votes needed to immortalise Gutenberg as Lego character
Toy giant Lego could make a working model of Gutenberg’s famous printing press if a product idea proposed by a member of its creative community gains enough support.
!["The most richly illustrated printed book produced in the 15th century" Image: Lyon & Turnbull](/media/oysjheyb/nuremberg-chronicle-rare-book-auction.jpg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&v=1d9e72fea7a40e0)
Exquisite incunabulum up for auction
A rare 15th century book produced in the early years of mechanical printing is expected to fetch tens of thousands of pounds when it goes up for auction this week.
![Grass roots heritage festival involves 5,000 events overall](/media/olphtfcg/heritage-open-days.png?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&v=1d9e72fcbe2fc30)
Printing heritage celebrated with open days
Historic Norfolk letterpress printer Francis Cupiss is among the industry-related businesses taking part in the Heritage Open Days, which start today.
![Wayzgoose: celebrating creativity, trade and craft](/media/tkgdy24k/st-bride-virtual-wayzgoose-square.jpg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&v=1d9e72cf273e880)
St Bride plans virtual summer events
St Bride Foundation is planning a virtual Wayzgoose event for next month.