Issue 7 out now!
Enjoy the simple delights of summer with our journal of nostalgic projects, celebrate the solstice and become a tourist in your own town. Meet the artist who opens her window and sells straight onto the street, create your own memory capsules, discover wedding traditions and grow miniature gardens.
Vintage curiosities
Marvel at a menagerie of woodland creatures made from needlefelt, patchwork and reclaimed materials in our special feature on textile taxidermy; gain a unique insight into everyday history by collecting ephemera; share Jules Hudson’s tips on using reclaimed materials and learn to dance the Lindy Hop.
Celebrate paper
Secret inscriptions, gilded spines and the scent of old paper: indulge in your love for the written word with our tour of Hay-on-Wye and find out where the nearest book city to you is, plus we launch our first vintage book club meetings and listen to what you think about some of history's greatest childhood adventures.
Frolics and Frocks
Make friends with solitude and embark on quirky adventures in a most unique campervan; embellish, rework and repurpose your clothes using foraged lace, crochet and old linen; explore Bristol’s vintage shops and learn the art of tailoring with our essential guide from a rather dapper gent.
Tasty treats
We discover how you can grow an entire vegetable garden out of an old desk; sample a secret new dining craze at an underground supper club; make rose lemonade and discover quirky British tearooms that are a little out of the ordinary.
Buy issue seven
Learn swing dancing, indulge in a love of old books, marvel at the textile taxidermists, customise your clothes with lace, join our vintage book club and share reclamation tips with Escape to the Country’s Jules Hudson…
Buy issue seven
Learn swing dancing, indulge in a love of old books, marvel at the textile taxidermists, customise your clothes with lace, join our vintage book club and share reclamation tips with Escape to the Country’s Jules Hudson…
Take the Pledge
In issue 7 we launched the Pretty Nostalgic Pledge. We wanted to prove to readers that we really do practice what we preach. Take the pledge and share your commitment to spend wisely, waste less and appreciate more…
Take the Pledge
In issue 7 we launched the Pretty Nostalgic Pledge. We wanted to prove to readers that we really do practice what we preach. Take the pledge and share your commitment to spend wisely, waste less and appreciate more…
British Directory
Are you a British maker, supplier or independent business? Join our brilliantly British directory and we’ll share your products and projects in a whole year’s worth of magazines, both in the UK and globally, and online…
British Directory
Are you a British maker, supplier or independent business? Join our brilliantly British directory and we’ll share your products and projects in a whole year’s worth of magazines, both in the UK and globally, and online…
Subscribe and save 25%
Please help our independent magazine to thrive by treating yourself or a friend to a subscription. Get 25% off the cover price and wake up to the happy sound of Pretty Nostalgic dropping through your letterbox…
Subscribe and save 25%
Please help our independent magazine to thrive by treating yourself or a friend to a subscription. Get 25% off the cover price and wake up to the happy sound of Pretty Nostalgic dropping through your letterbox…
Our Vintage Book Club
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our Vintage Book Club: a chance to pore over dog-eared copies of old classics with a friend or a stranger, chew over illustrious themes, mysterious characters and heroic tales of adventure…
Our Vintage Book Club
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our Vintage Book Club: a chance to pore over dog-eared copies of old classics with a friend or a stranger, chew over illustrious themes, mysterious characters and heroic tales of adventure…
Create our motto
We’re challenging readers to design an original piece of work based on our motto – Spend Wisely, Waste Less, Appreciate More – using textiles, letterpress, embroidery, calligraphy, paint and pen…
Create our motto
We’re challenging readers to design an original piece of work based on our motto – Spend Wisely, Waste Less, Appreciate More – using textiles, letterpress, embroidery, calligraphy, paint and pen…
Get Involved
Write for us We’re on the look out for writers, photographers and illustrators to contribute to the magazine. Drop us a line and tell us a little about yourself and how you’d like to get involved. Invite us in for
Get Involved
Write for us We’re on the look out for writers, photographers and illustrators to contribute to the magazine. Drop us a line and tell us a little about yourself and how you’d like to get involved. Invite us in for
Buy the Book
Pretty Nostalgic‘s Home is now available to buy for £20! That’s £5 off the RRP including free postage. Buy book from UK (£20 inc. P&P) Buy book from overseas (£20 plus £10.00 P&P) We hope this book will inspire you
Buy the Book
Pretty Nostalgic‘s Home is now available to buy for £20! That’s £5 off the RRP including free postage. Buy book from UK (£20 inc. P&P) Buy book from overseas (£20 plus £10.00 P&P) We hope this book will inspire you
Join the Pretty Nostalgic Gathering
Join us for a celebration of Brilliantly British Living, this October at Kings Weston House in Bristol. If you’re a British maker, supplier or independent business, we would love you to get involved!
Join the Pretty Nostalgic Gathering
Join us for a celebration of Brilliantly British Living, this October at Kings Weston House in Bristol. If you’re a British maker, supplier or independent business, we would love you to get involved!
Host your own nostalgic tea party and share the love!
To celebrate our first birthday, we’re hosting a virtual nostalgic tea party! So why not raise a cuppa this to show your support for British makers everywhere…
Host your own nostalgic tea party and share the love!
To celebrate our first birthday, we’re hosting a virtual nostalgic tea party! So why not raise a cuppa this to show your support for British makers everywhere…
Buy issue six
Celebrate the joys of spring, meet British chocolatiers, collect vintage fabrics, peek inside a beautifully colourful home in Yorkshire, indulge in a love for mismatched china, meet a milk lady and join the slow furniture movement…
Buy issue six
Celebrate the joys of spring, meet British chocolatiers, collect vintage fabrics, peek inside a beautifully colourful home in Yorkshire, indulge in a love for mismatched china, meet a milk lady and join the slow furniture movement…
Buy issue five
Peek inside a gorgeous houseboat, collect vintage cameras, join the new WI, learn how to make paper, dig for victory like a homefront gardener, discover hidden streets, collect costume jewellery and indulge in a love of typography…
Buy issue five
Peek inside a gorgeous houseboat, collect vintage cameras, join the new WI, learn how to make paper, dig for victory like a homefront gardener, discover hidden streets, collect costume jewellery and indulge in a love of typography…
Buy issue four
Buy British made party frocks and suits, choose locally-made stocking fillers, make a winter wreath from hedgerow finds, collect vintage baubles, celebrate life’s simple pleasures, mull wine and fill your pockets with shells…
Buy issue four
Buy British made party frocks and suits, choose locally-made stocking fillers, make a winter wreath from hedgerow finds, collect vintage baubles, celebrate life’s simple pleasures, mull wine and fill your pockets with shells…
Buy issue three
Celebrate British wool, make hedgerow cocktails, collect antlers and upcycle old jumpers, go on two-wheeled adventures and collect sewing machines…
Buy issue three
Celebrate British wool, make hedgerow cocktails, collect antlers and upcycle old jumpers, go on two-wheeled adventures and collect sewing machines…
Buy issue two
Celebrate nostalgic summer holidays, find furniture on the street, collect vintage picnic sets, meet Wayne Hemingway, paint shabby chic and try out victory rolls…
Buy issue two
Celebrate nostalgic summer holidays, find furniture on the street, collect vintage picnic sets, meet Wayne Hemingway, paint shabby chic and try out victory rolls…
Buy issue one
Plan a vintage street party, grow medicinal herbs, collect vintage glass, seek out treasure in Edinburgh and munch on Scotch eggs…
Buy issue one
Plan a vintage street party, grow medicinal herbs, collect vintage glass, seek out treasure in Edinburgh and munch on Scotch eggs…