Throwing in the towel: where to buy

• Four of Lucienne Day’s classic tea towels—including her Night and Day design, £19.50—are reproduced by Twentytwentyone (020–7288 1996; www.twentytwentyone.com)

• Shooting Stars tea towel, £12, Angela Harding (01572 737784; www.angelaharding.co.uk)

• Votes for Women Wanted tea towel, £12, Radical Tea Towel Company (0333 567 7000; www.radicalteatowel. co.uk)

• Black Toast Labrador tea towel, £10, Emma Bridgewater (01782 407733; www.emmabridgewater.co.uk)

• Prince Louis royal-baby tea towel, £8.50, Ulster Weavers (0844 844 1325; www.ulsterweavers.com)