The London Tube Map is probably the most iconic schematic* map ever drawn. Despite being topographically inaccurate this lifeline to understanding how to go where in London has become a classic work of art. Nowhere has it been better represented than in this achingly cool wall mirror from those award wining London designers at Suck U.K. The London Underground map was the brain child of Harry Beck (a London Transport employee in 1931) who realised that drawing an accurate map of the tube system would just confuse the heck out of us all. His graphic schematic (which rhymes so beautifully) has become famous the world over and been copied again and again for other underground systems all over the planet. This sizeable 75cm long mirror comes with steel wall brackets and screws for mounting and is quite possibly the most chic hall or wall mirror in circulation. *Schematic means it’s a representational diagram as opposed to a topographical map (i.e. it’s shape bears no relation to reality). Solid glass mirror with gold-coloured depiction of the London Underground Map. The designer’s clever screen printing process creates the illusion that the mirror itself is etched with the map. All zones featured on the Tube Map. Steel brackets and screws for wall mounting are included. Makes a trendy but functional room feature for ‘Londonites’ and Train spotters alike. Size: 75 x 52 x 0.6cm This product is glass so you know the drill… don’t go throwing stuff at it it’s fragile.

• Gift – Home & Office

Price : £ 74.99

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The London Tube Map is probably the most iconic schematic* map ever drawn. Despite being topographically inaccurate this lifeline to understanding how to go where in London has become a classic work of art. Nowhere has it been better represented than in this achingly cool wall mirror from those award wining London designers at Suck U.K. The London Underground map was the brain child of Harry Beck (a London Transport employee in 1931) who realised that drawing an accurate map of the tube system would just confuse the heck out of us all. His graphic schematic (which rhymes so beautifully) has become famous the world over and been copied again and again for other underground systems all over the planet. This sizeable 75cm long mirror comes with steel wall brackets and screws for mounting and is quite possibly the most chic hall or wall mirror in circulation. *Schematic means it’s a representational diagram as opposed to a topographical map (i.e. it’s shape bears no relation to reality). Solid glass mirror with gold-coloured depiction of the London Underground Map. The designer’s clever screen printing process creates the illusion that the mirror itself is etched with the map. All zones featured on the Tube Map. Steel brackets and screws for wall mounting are included. Makes a trendy but functional room feature for ‘Londonites’ and Train spotters alike. Size: 75 x 52 x 0.6cm This product is glass so you know the drill… don’t go throwing stuff at it it’s fragile.

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Price : £ 74.99

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Substance D – otherwise known as Death – is the most dangerous drug ever to find its way on to the black market. It destroys the links between the brain’s two hemispheres leading first to disorentation and then to complete and irreversible brain damage. Bob Arctor undercover narcotics agent is trying to find a lead to the source of supply but to pass as an addict he must become a user and soon without knowing what is happening to him he is as dependent as any of the addicts he is monitoring.

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Just when your friends thought they’d figured out Don’t Break The Bottle by finally setting free that bottle of Rioja they’d been looking forward to since Xmas we introduce the Vice Wine Puzzle. Maybe someone you know has a birthday coming up? Pick up a bottle of their favourite wine or liqueur and slip this little device over the top of it. They’ll be sure to appreciate the booze all the more once the puzzle has been solved. We’ve had this in the office for the last few days and it’s nearly reduced a grown man to tears trying to liberate a bottle of Baileys! If you’re a fan of puzzles and brain teasers or know somebody who can’t resist a challenge then you need to make sure this is your next party piece.

• Gift – Wine

Price : £ 8.99

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Mind Trainer Puzzle Toilet Roll encourages you to train your brain as your drain. The roll is printed with different mind bending puzzles games in full colour. It is sure to keep you occupied while you are otherwise occupied.

Price : £ 5.95

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Mind Trainer Puzzle Toilet Roll encourages you to train your brain as your drain. The roll is printed with different mind bending puzzles games in full colour. It is sure to keep you occupied while you are otherwise occupied.

Price : £ 5.95

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It knows what you’re thinking. The amazing 20Q will leave you and your friends amazed as it reads your mind. If it reads your mind within 20 questions it wins if not you win! This is “Artificial Intelligence” in its most spherical form. ; ; Who Invented 20Q? ; Robin Burgener the inventor of 20Q is based in Ontario Canada. He began working on 20Q in 1988 with the game running on a 5/14 inch floppy disk. Until 1996 over 2000 games were played in this way creating the basis for the larger online experiment which led to the launch of the pocket version by Radica. ; ; How does the 20Q guess what you are thinking? ; The artificial intelligence behind the game is a neural-network similar to a human brain. A brain or neural-network is built from neurons connected by synaptic connections. A human brain has about one hundred trillion (100 000 000 000 000) synaptic connections. The 20Q.net online version has about ten million (10 000 000) and the pocket version has about two hundred and fifty thousand (250 000). The game uses the neural-network to choose the next question as well as deciding what to guess. ; ; How did it get so good at guessing the right answer? ; The 20Q.net Web site was created in 1996 and currently plays over twelve thousand games per day. The game is still learning through playing and analyzing the results from the games played to enable it to learn new objects and hone its skills on items currently in its vocabulary. Radica’s version of 20Q has taken the most popular items to create an addictive and sometimes uncannily accurate pocket mind-reader!

Price : £ 7.99

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