The zine of the museum of manky tea towels

The museum of manky tea towels is a project from Oliver and Ben - two academics exploring alternative and creative ways of sharing insights from research. The museum is an extension of our work using tea towels to tell stories of how gig-working cycle couriers experience UK cities.

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Marvel at the zine of the museum of a collection of manky tea towels. We written this zine about the museum of manky tea towels to share why tea towels are important to civilisation and how YOU dear reader can go about repatriating those manky tea towels lost behind radiators or in the depths of airing cupboards.

Tea towels tell stories about the places we have been, the people we love, and the tea that we have drunk. They contain politics and history - they are designed as a lens on places and people, that we see and use every day. They carry traces of our imperfect washing skills, scorches from use as makeshift oven mitts, and the odd bit of cat sick.

Fundamentally, tea towels are the real legacy of civilisation. At the end of history only manky tea towels will remain. We tell our stories by the stains we leave behind.