Fancy a cuppa? The expression is so incredibly quotidian, so ingrained in domestic existence; regardless of where on the globe one finds oneself, people are drinking and offering refreshment in ...

As the Leach Pottery celebrates its 100th anniversary in St Ives we take a look back at its history via a series of photos of Bernard Leach, his assistant Shoji Hamada, and his students This month ...

A “once-in-a-lifetime” collection of Bernard Leach pottery which had ... while a vase by Shoji Hamada, Leach’s partner at the St Ives pottery, sold for £1,700. The auction house said ...

Ceramicist Bernard Leach was born in Hong Kong in 1887, ceramicist Shoji Hamada was born in Tokyo in 1894; together, with the help of a Cornish philanthropist, they set up and founded what became ...