Oh, the pity of it! Why has nobody taken up the devices contained in Great
British Inventions, compiled by Mark Tanner? We could have said farewell to
soggy cornflakes, consulted educational gloves, slipped a travelling toothbrush
on one finger and had a comfortable and water-saving shower from a ring with
holes in it slipped over the head. The inflatable chamber pot symbolises a lost
life of the utmost convenience. A more easeful death could have been
ours—a head support for use in a coffin. Published by Fourth Estate,
£5.99, ISBN 1857027345.
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